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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 479 · 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 value? (a) from white to black (b) has height, width, depth (c) gaps between things (d) a solid 3D object
  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 NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) easel
  4. 4.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) from white to black (d) a long, thin mark
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called line? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) from white to black (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a sense of near and far
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) what a rainbow shows (c) has height, width, depth (d) a flat 2D area
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) line (c) shape (d) colour
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) line
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) colour (c) shape (d) form
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a flat 2D area (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) how a surface feels
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) texture (b) value (c) form (d) colour
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  14. 14.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) glue (c) shape (d) space
  17. 17.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  18. 18.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a flat 2D area (b) the area around objects (c) a long, thin mark (d) gaps between things
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) space (b) texture (c) colour (d) line
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) shape (d) form
  23. 23.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) colour (b) space (c) texture (d) form
  26. 26.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how a surface feels (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) how light or dark it is (d) gaps between things
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) colour (c) value (d) line
  29. 29.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) colour
  31. 31.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) how a surface feels (c) a long, thin mark (d) a solid 3D object
  33. 33.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) value (b) space (c) form (d) shape
  38. 38.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) colour (b) space (c) value (d) form
  40. 40.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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