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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 327 · 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 form? (a) a sense of near and far (b) has height, width, depth (c) a flat 2D area (d) the area around objects
  2. 2.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a closed flat outline (b) how light or dark it is (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) gaps between things
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) value
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) shape
  6. 6.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) colour (b) form (c) space (d) value
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) colour (b) value (c) shape (d) line
  11. 11.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  13. 13.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called form? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) how a surface feels (d) can be seen all round
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) value (b) colour (c) space (d) form
  16. 16.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) glue
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) space (b) colour (c) line (d) texture
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) form (d) value
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called value? (a) can be seen all round (b) from white to black (c) a long, thin mark (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  20. 20.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a moving dot’s path (c) how a surface feels (d) only length and width
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called space? (a) only length and width (b) a sense of near and far (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a long, thin mark
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) space (b) colour (c) form (d) shape
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) looks furry or scaly (c) only length and width (d) a sense of near and far
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a closed flat outline (c) from white to black (d) what a rainbow shows
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) colour (b) value (c) shape (d) line
  27. 27.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how a surface feels (b) a flat 2D area (c) a moving dot’s path (d) from white to black
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) form (b) space (c) line (d) texture
  30. 30.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) gaps between things (b) a sense of near and far (c) can be seen all round (d) a hue, like red or blue
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) space (b) texture (c) value (d) colour
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) form (c) line (d) colour
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) space (c) value (d) form
  35. 35.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) line (d) texture
  36. 36.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) texture (b) space (c) shape (d) value
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
  39. 39.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) value (c) easel (d) line
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) a closed flat outline (c) a flat 2D area (d) rough, smooth or bumpy

Answer key

  1. has height, width, depth
  2. gaps between things
  3. frame
  4. texture
  5. form
  6. True
  7. True
  8. False
  9. form
  10. shape
  11. False
  12. value
  13. 7
  14. can be seen all round
  15. space
  16. glue
  17. line
  18. value
  19. from white to black
  20. True
  21. a moving dot’s path
  22. a sense of near and far
  23. form
  24. only length and width
  25. what a rainbow shows
  26. line
  27. False
  28. how a surface feels
  29. texture
  30. True
  31. a hue, like red or blue
  32. colour
  33. shape
  34. texture
  35. texture
  36. True
  37. value
  38. space
  39. easel
  40. rough, smooth or bumpy

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