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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 400 · 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 line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) can be seen all round (c) gaps between things (d) what a rainbow shows
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) line (b) colour (c) value (d) texture
  3. 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) easel (c) line (d) form
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) texture (b) value (c) form (d) colour
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a solid 3D object (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a sense of near and far (d) only length and width
  7. 7.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) space
  9. 9.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) shape (c) form (d) texture
  11. 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a flat 2D area (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  13. 13.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) space (c) value (d) texture
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a flat 2D area (b) can be seen all round (c) gaps between things (d) only length and width
  15. 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) frame (c) texture (d) value
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) line (d) texture
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) gaps between things (c) a closed flat outline (d) can be seen all round
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) colour (b) line (c) texture (d) form
  20. 20.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a sense of near and far (b) how light or dark it is (c) what a rainbow shows (d) only length and width
  22. 22.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) space (b) form (c) line (d) colour
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) form (c) texture (d) colour
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a sense of near and far (c) how a surface feels (d) a long, thin mark
  26. 26.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) space (b) shape (c) form (d) value
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) value (b) shape (c) texture (d) colour
  31. 31.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a flat 2D area (c) how light or dark it is (d) a solid 3D object
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) value (c) shape (d) texture
  37. 37.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) form (b) shape (c) line (d) value
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) how a surface feels (d) a sense of near and far
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) value (b) space (c) colour (d) texture

Answer key

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

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