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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 487 · 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) how light or dark it is (b) has height, width, depth (c) what a rainbow shows (d) only length and width
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) space (b) value (c) texture (d) colour
  4. 4.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) value (b) form (c) space (d) colour
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) frame (d) texture
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) how a surface feels (c) the area around objects (d) a moving dot’s path
  8. 8.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  9. 9.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) form (c) shape (d) texture
  12. 12.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) form (b) space (c) shape (d) texture
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how a surface feels (b) can be seen all round (c) a moving dot’s path (d) looks furry or scaly
  15. 15.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) shape (b) line (c) form (d) texture
  18. 18.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) colour (b) value (c) line (d) shape
  20. 20.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) glue (c) space (d) colour
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) texture
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) can be seen all round (b) looks furry or scaly (c) how light or dark it is (d) a hue, like red or blue
  23. 23.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) how light or dark it is (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a flat 2D area
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) form
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a closed flat outline (c) a long, thin mark (d) can be seen all round
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) form
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) line (c) shape (d) value
  29. 29.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) value (d) form
  32. 32.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) space (b) shape (c) line (d) form
  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 line? (a) has height, width, depth (b) can be seen all round (c) a long, thin mark (d) looks furry or scaly
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called space? (a) has height, width, depth (b) how a surface feels (c) gaps between things (d) only length and width
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) line (c) shape (d) space
  38. 38.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) line (c) colour (d) texture

Answer key

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

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