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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 358 · 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) value (c) form (d) easel
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) value (b) shape (c) form (d) line
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) colour
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) space (b) texture (c) form (d) line
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) form
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) texture (b) form (c) line (d) shape
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called value? (a) can be seen all round (b) a closed flat outline (c) how light or dark it is (d) how a surface feels
  8. 8.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) line (d) texture
  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 tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) texture
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a flat 2D area
  12. 12.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called line? (a) from white to black (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a solid 3D object (d) looks furry or scaly
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called form? (a) from white to black (b) can be seen all round (c) a flat 2D area (d) a long, thin mark
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a sense of near and far (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a long, thin mark
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) space (b) texture (c) colour (d) shape
  17. 17.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) a long, thin mark (c) a closed flat outline (d) a sense of near and far
  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 “a sense of near and far”? (a) shape (b) value (c) space (d) line
  21. 21.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) only length and width (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a solid 3D object (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) form (b) space (c) value (d) line
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a sense of near and far (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) can be seen all round (d) a flat 2D area
  26. 26.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
  29. 29.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) what a rainbow shows (c) has height, width, depth (d) a hue, like red or blue
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called space? (a) from white to black (b) a closed flat outline (c) looks furry or scaly (d) the area around objects
  32. 32.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  33. 33.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) line (b) form (c) texture (d) shape
  35. 35.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) line
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) value (b) colour (c) line (d) space
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) form (d) value
  40. 40.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. easel
  2. form
  3. line
  4. texture
  5. value
  6. shape
  7. how light or dark it is
  8. texture
  9. 7
  10. value
  11. a flat 2D area
  12. True
  13. a moving dot’s path
  14. can be seen all round
  15. looks furry or scaly
  16. shape
  17. True
  18. a closed flat outline
  19. True
  20. space
  21. False
  22. False
  23. what a rainbow shows
  24. space
  25. rough, smooth or bumpy
  26. True
  27. False
  28. glue
  29. True
  30. a long, thin mark
  31. the area around objects
  32. frame
  33. True
  34. texture
  35. True
  36. True
  37. colour
  38. value
  39. texture
  40. False

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