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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 50 · 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 element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) colour (b) line (c) form (d) value
  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 tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) glue
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) the area around objects (b) a sense of near and far (c) a flat 2D area (d) what a rainbow shows
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) line (b) form (c) shape (d) space
  7. 7.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) form (b) shape (c) space (d) texture
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) value (d) texture
  10. 10.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) frame (d) value
  13. 13.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called line? (a) gaps between things (b) a long, thin mark (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) colour (b) value (c) texture (d) form
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) texture (c) form (d) value
  17. 17.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) space
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a closed flat outline (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) has height, width, depth (d) looks furry or scaly
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) looks furry or scaly (c) has height, width, depth (d) can be seen all round
  20. 20.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called space? (a) can be seen all round (b) a long, thin mark (c) from white to black (d) gaps between things
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) has height, width, depth (d) what a rainbow shows
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) space (b) shape (c) value (d) colour
  25. 25.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
  29. 29.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) value (c) line (d) form
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) has height, width, depth (c) can be seen all round (d) a closed flat outline
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) line (b) form (c) colour (d) texture
  32. 32.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a solid 3D object (b) has height, width, depth (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) only length and width
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) has height, width, depth (c) a flat 2D area (d) only length and width
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) value (b) shape (c) line (d) space
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how a surface feels (b) a solid 3D object (c) only length and width (d) how light or dark it is

Answer key

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

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