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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 537 · 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.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) space
  2. 2.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) colour (c) space (d) shape
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) frame
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) space (b) texture (c) form (d) shape
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) space (b) line (c) colour (d) form
  7. 7.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) from white to black (c) how light or dark it is (d) a hue, like red or blue
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) what a rainbow shows (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a hue, like red or blue
  11. 11.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) form (b) line (c) shape (d) space
  14. 14.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a solid 3D object (c) only length and width (d) a moving dot’s path
  16. 16.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) texture
  18. 18.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) shape (b) line (c) colour (d) form
  21. 21.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) only length and width (c) looks furry or scaly (d) can be seen all round
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) space (b) shape (c) value (d) texture
  25. 25.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) shape (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  28. 28.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) form
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) line (b) texture (c) space (d) colour
  31. 31.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) has height, width, depth (c) a solid 3D object (d) only length and width
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) value (b) form (c) texture (d) line
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a solid 3D object (c) from white to black (d) how light or dark it is
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a flat 2D area (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a solid 3D object
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) a long, thin mark (c) a closed flat outline (d) a moving dot’s path
  37. 37.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) easel (d) form
  39. 39.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a sense of near and far (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a hue, like red or blue

Answer key

  1. texture
  2. glue
  3. frame
  4. shape
  5. form
  6. line
  7. True
  8. 7
  9. rough, smooth or bumpy
  10. a moving dot’s path
  11. False
  12. value
  13. space
  14. True
  15. a sense of near and far
  16. True
  17. form
  18. False
  19. False
  20. colour
  21. False
  22. False
  23. looks furry or scaly
  24. shape
  25. False
  26. True
  27. space
  28. True
  29. shape
  30. colour
  31. False
  32. only length and width
  33. texture
  34. a long, thin mark
  35. a solid 3D object
  36. can be seen all round
  37. False
  38. easel
  39. True
  40. a hue, like red or blue

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