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

Answer key

  1. a sense of near and far
  2. from white to black
  3. form
  4. form
  5. 7
  6. colour
  7. False
  8. True
  9. line
  10. True
  11. value
  12. a moving dot’s path
  13. False
  14. texture
  15. False
  16. can be seen all round
  17. True
  18. True
  19. glue
  20. colour
  21. a solid 3D object
  22. how a surface feels
  23. has height, width, depth
  24. False
  25. True
  26. texture
  27. False
  28. False
  29. only length and width
  30. True
  31. what a rainbow shows
  32. value
  33. frame
  34. texture
  35. False
  36. how light or dark it is
  37. texture
  38. False
  39. easel
  40. shape

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