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

Answer key

  1. form
  2. 7
  3. looks furry or scaly
  4. colour
  5. frame
  6. gaps between things
  7. texture
  8. value
  9. easel
  10. texture
  11. a flat 2D area
  12. space
  13. True
  14. False
  15. False
  16. from white to black
  17. how light or dark it is
  18. False
  19. False
  20. glue
  21. texture
  22. value
  23. colour
  24. can be seen all round
  25. a closed flat outline
  26. True
  27. how a surface feels
  28. a long, thin mark
  29. False
  30. True
  31. line
  32. a solid 3D object
  33. form
  34. True
  35. True
  36. False
  37. False
  38. False
  39. True
  40. False

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