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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 384 · 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 shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a closed flat outline (d) a solid 3D object
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) form (c) shape (d) value
  3. 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  4. 4.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) form
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) form (c) line (d) value
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
  8. 8.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) looks furry or scaly (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a moving dot’s path
  10. 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) frame (d) texture
  11. 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) shape (c) glue (d) colour
  12. 12.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a flat 2D area (c) a closed flat outline (d) gaps between things
  14. 14.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) colour (b) form (c) value (d) line
  17. 17.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) line (b) colour (c) texture (d) space
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) line (c) colour (d) value
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) space (b) form (c) shape (d) texture
  21. 21.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called line? (a) from white to black (b) a flat 2D area (c) has height, width, depth (d) a long, thin mark
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a sense of near and far (c) a moving dot’s path (d) the area around objects
  25. 25.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a sense of near and far (c) has height, width, depth (d) what a rainbow shows
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) line (b) value (c) colour (d) shape
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) value (c) space (d) line
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) value (d) line
  30. 30.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) easel (c) value (d) form
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) the area around objects (d) a closed flat outline
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) form (d) line
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) has height, width, depth (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a closed flat outline
  34. 34.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called form? (a) from white to black (b) a solid 3D object (c) the area around objects (d) gaps between things
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a flat 2D area (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) can be seen all round
  38. 38.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  39. 39.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a closed flat outline (c) has height, width, depth (d) rough, smooth or bumpy

Answer key

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

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