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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 289 · 40 questions
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Artist's tip (Seven building blocks): Line = a moving dot’s path; shape = flat (2D); form = solid (3D). Colour = hue (red, blue …); texture = how it feels (rough, smooth, furry). Space = the area around and between things; value = light to dark, from white to black.

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  1. 1.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) the area around objects (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) gaps between things (d) a moving dot’s path
  2. 2.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how a surface feels (b) a flat 2D area (c) a sense of near and far (d) a moving dot’s path
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) form (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
  5. 5.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) space (c) value (d) texture
  6. 6.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) form
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) line (b) shape (c) form (d) value
  9. 9.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) line (b) texture (c) form (d) colour
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) how a surface feels (c) a flat 2D area (d) a hue, like red or blue
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) space (b) colour (c) line (d) form
  13. 13.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called value? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a flat 2D area (c) gaps between things (d) how light or dark it is
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) line (b) form (c) shape (d) value
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called form? (a) from white to black (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a solid 3D object
  19. 19.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) shape (b) space (c) line (d) form
  21. 21.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) only length and width (c) a moving dot’s path (d) looks furry or scaly
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) a long, thin mark (c) a flat 2D area (d) a sense of near and far
  25. 25.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) space (b) line (c) colour (d) texture
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) from white to black (c) only length and width (d) has height, width, depth
  29. 29.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called line? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) how light or dark it is (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a moving dot’s path
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) space (b) colour (c) form (d) shape
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) value (c) shape (d) line
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) line (c) space (d) form
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a closed flat outline (c) how a surface feels (d) a moving dot’s path
  35. 35.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) frame (d) value
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how a surface feels (b) what a rainbow shows (c) only length and width (d) from white to black
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called line? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a long, thin mark (c) how a surface feels (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) value (c) shape (d) line
  39. 39.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) form (b) shape (c) colour (d) value

Answer key

  1. a hue, like red or blue
  2. a sense of near and far
  3. glue
  4. texture
  5. texture
  6. 7
  7. value
  8. value
  9. True
  10. texture
  11. can be seen all round
  12. line
  13. True
  14. False
  15. how light or dark it is
  16. shape
  17. value
  18. a solid 3D object
  19. True
  20. form
  21. True
  22. False
  23. gaps between things
  24. a flat 2D area
  25. True
  26. True
  27. colour
  28. has height, width, depth
  29. True
  30. a moving dot’s path
  31. form
  32. form
  33. shape
  34. a closed flat outline
  35. frame
  36. what a rainbow shows
  37. a long, thin mark
  38. line
  39. True
  40. colour

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