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

Answer key

  1. easel
  2. gaps between things
  3. what a rainbow shows
  4. has height, width, depth
  5. False
  6. glue
  7. True
  8. colour
  9. 7
  10. form
  11. True
  12. a moving dot’s path
  13. line
  14. space
  15. True
  16. False
  17. True
  18. how a surface feels
  19. frame
  20. from white to black
  21. the area around objects
  22. False
  23. texture
  24. texture
  25. False
  26. texture
  27. colour
  28. True
  29. False
  30. a solid 3D object
  31. value
  32. a flat 2D area
  33. value
  34. can be seen all round
  35. line
  36. True
  37. False
  38. shape
  39. True
  40. False

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