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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 344 · 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) a moving dot’s path (b) how a surface feels (c) from white to black (d) what a rainbow shows
  2. 2.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) only length and width (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a moving dot’s path
  3. 3.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) how a surface feels (c) a flat 2D area (d) has height, width, depth
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how a surface feels (b) the area around objects (c) a solid 3D object (d) a long, thin mark
  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 “gaps between things”? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) space
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) form (b) line (c) colour (d) space
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how light or dark it is (b) looks furry or scaly (c) only length and width (d) a sense of near and far
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) the area around objects (d) has height, width, depth
  11. 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) frame (d) value
  12. 12.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a long, thin mark (b) how light or dark it is (c) a solid 3D object (d) only length and width
  14. 14.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) glue (d) shape
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) value
  16. 16.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) form (c) easel (d) value
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) the area around objects (c) a solid 3D object (d) a moving dot’s path
  19. 19.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) can be seen all round (c) a solid 3D object (d) a hue, like red or blue
  21. 21.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  22. 22.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) value (b) texture (c) space (d) form
  24. 24.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) a flat 2D area (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a solid 3D object
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called value? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) from white to black (c) a moving dot’s path (d) gaps between things
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) space
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) value (b) shape (c) space (d) form
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) line (b) value (c) colour (d) texture
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) space (b) colour (c) form (d) shape
  31. 31.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) has height, width, depth (c) gaps between things (d) how a surface feels
  33. 33.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) line (b) texture (c) space (d) colour
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) line (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) colour (b) form (c) texture (d) shape
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) value (b) texture (c) form (d) shape

Answer key

  1. what a rainbow shows
  2. rough, smooth or bumpy
  3. True
  4. how a surface feels
  5. a solid 3D object
  6. 7
  7. space
  8. line
  9. a sense of near and far
  10. a long, thin mark
  11. frame
  12. True
  13. how light or dark it is
  14. glue
  15. value
  16. False
  17. easel
  18. only length and width
  19. True
  20. a flat 2D area
  21. texture
  22. False
  23. form
  24. True
  25. looks furry or scaly
  26. from white to black
  27. value
  28. form
  29. texture
  30. colour
  31. False
  32. a moving dot’s path
  33. False
  34. True
  35. line
  36. colour
  37. shape
  38. value
  39. form
  40. shape

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