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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 408 · 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 colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a solid 3D object (c) a sense of near and far (d) a flat 2D area
  2. 2.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called line? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) looks furry or scaly (c) only length and width (d) a moving dot’s path
  4. 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  5. 5.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called line? (a) only length and width (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a long, thin mark (d) looks furry or scaly
  7. 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) form (c) easel (d) line
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) form (b) texture (c) value (d) colour
  10. 10.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) space (c) value (d) line
  12. 12.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) space (d) line
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) shape (b) space (c) line (d) form
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a flat 2D area (d) can be seen all round
  15. 15.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a moving dot’s path (c) gaps between things (d) the area around objects
  17. 17.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) shape
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) a moving dot’s path (c) the area around objects (d) gaps between things
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) shape (d) space
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) colour (c) texture (d) value
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) value (b) shape (c) space (d) form
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a long, thin mark (b) the area around objects (c) only length and width (d) how a surface feels
  24. 24.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how a surface feels (b) a moving dot’s path (c) can be seen all round (d) a closed flat outline
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) line (b) space (c) texture (d) colour
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) colour
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) line (d) form
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) line (b) shape (c) form (d) colour
  32. 32.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) glue (c) space (d) colour
  33. 33.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) frame
  34. 34.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) form (b) value (c) shape (d) line
  36. 36.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a flat 2D area (c) can be seen all round (d) a sense of near and far
  38. 38.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) from white to black (c) a solid 3D object (d) can be seen all round

Answer key

  1. a hue, like red or blue
  2. True
  3. a moving dot’s path
  4. 7
  5. False
  6. a long, thin mark
  7. easel
  8. texture
  9. texture
  10. True
  11. line
  12. texture
  13. space
  14. rough, smooth or bumpy
  15. True
  16. a closed flat outline
  17. False
  18. form
  19. from white to black
  20. shape
  21. space
  22. space
  23. how a surface feels
  24. False
  25. True
  26. False
  27. can be seen all round
  28. texture
  29. value
  30. form
  31. colour
  32. glue
  33. frame
  34. False
  35. line
  36. False
  37. a flat 2D area
  38. True
  39. False
  40. the area around objects

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