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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 397 · 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) form (b) value (c) easel (d) line
  2. 2.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) value (b) colour (c) shape (d) form
  4. 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) texture (c) space (d) line
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) can be seen all round (c) a long, thin mark (d) a solid 3D object
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a closed flat outline (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a solid 3D object
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) space
  9. 9.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) space
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) value (b) colour (c) form (d) space
  11. 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) shape (b) value (c) form (d) colour
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) space (c) form (d) value
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a flat 2D area (b) from white to black (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) gaps between things
  15. 15.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) shape (c) value (d) line
  17. 17.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) texture (b) space (c) form (d) value
  20. 20.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) form (b) texture (c) space (d) shape
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how a surface feels (b) a flat 2D area (c) a long, thin mark (d) gaps between things
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) can be seen all round (c) looks furry or scaly (d) only length and width
  24. 24.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) space (c) colour (d) line
  27. 27.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how a surface feels (b) a long, thin mark (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a hue, like red or blue
  30. 30.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called line? (a) can be seen all round (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a long, thin mark (d) gaps between things
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) value (b) form (c) colour (d) space
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) colour (b) form (c) line (d) space
  35. 35.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a solid 3D object (b) how light or dark it is (c) has height, width, depth (d) the area around objects
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called line? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a solid 3D object (d) only length and width
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) only length and width (c) a long, thin mark (d) can be seen all round
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) form (b) space (c) line (d) colour
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a flat 2D area (d) the area around objects

Answer key

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

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