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

Answer key

  1. a sense of near and far
  2. True
  3. has height, width, depth
  4. 7
  5. frame
  6. form
  7. glue
  8. line
  9. True
  10. a closed flat outline
  11. how light or dark it is
  12. False
  13. space
  14. True
  15. easel
  16. only length and width
  17. False
  18. False
  19. colour
  20. a solid 3D object
  21. value
  22. space
  23. texture
  24. a flat 2D area
  25. texture
  26. False
  27. True
  28. form
  29. value
  30. line
  31. True
  32. True
  33. True
  34. True
  35. a long, thin mark
  36. shape
  37. True
  38. texture
  39. True
  40. can be seen all round

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