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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 514 · 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 “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) value
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) texture (b) form (c) value (d) space
  3. 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) line (b) form (c) colour (d) shape
  5. 5.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) space (d) line
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) colour
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) space (b) form (c) shape (d) line
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) texture (b) line (c) colour (d) form
  9. 9.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a solid 3D object (d) how a surface feels
  12. 12.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) frame (d) texture
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) space (b) form (c) line (d) value
  14. 14.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) value (b) texture (c) form (d) space
  17. 17.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) form (d) value
  19. 19.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) space (b) colour (c) value (d) shape
  21. 21.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) shape
  24. 24.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) glue (c) space (d) colour
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) colour (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) shape
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how a surface feels (b) a flat 2D area (c) looks furry or scaly (d) how light or dark it is
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) colour (b) form (c) value (d) line
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) a long, thin mark (c) a flat 2D area (d) only length and width
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) shape
  31. 31.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) from white to black (c) a flat 2D area (d) how a surface feels
  35. 35.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) has height, width, depth (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a closed flat outline (d) only length and width
  37. 37.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a flat 2D area (c) how a surface feels (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a long, thin mark (b) how a surface feels (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) can be seen all round
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how a surface feels (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a sense of near and far

Answer key

  1. space
  2. space
  3. 7
  4. colour
  5. texture
  6. line
  7. shape
  8. form
  9. False
  10. True
  11. a moving dot’s path
  12. frame
  13. line
  14. True
  15. False
  16. form
  17. False
  18. easel
  19. False
  20. value
  21. False
  22. False
  23. value
  24. glue
  25. texture
  26. shape
  27. how light or dark it is
  28. form
  29. the area around objects
  30. shape
  31. False
  32. True
  33. True
  34. from white to black
  35. False
  36. what a rainbow shows
  37. False
  38. a flat 2D area
  39. a hue, like red or blue
  40. a sense of near and far

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