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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 565 · 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) a hue, like red or blue (b) a sense of near and far (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) how a surface feels
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called line? (a) has height, width, depth (b) how a surface feels (c) can be seen all round (d) a moving dot’s path
  4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  5. 5.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) space (c) line (d) texture
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) shape (b) value (c) texture (d) form
  8. 8.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) form (c) shape (d) texture
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) shape (d) form
  11. 11.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) value (b) texture (c) form (d) space
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) how light or dark it is (c) a flat 2D area (d) can be seen all round
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) shape
  15. 15.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) texture (b) line (c) form (d) value
  17. 17.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) glue (d) space
  20. 20.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) easel
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) line (b) colour (c) space (d) value
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) shape (b) form (c) space (d) colour
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a solid 3D object (b) how light or dark it is (c) what a rainbow shows (d) gaps between things
  24. 24.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) has height, width, depth (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a flat 2D area
  26. 26.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a flat 2D area (c) can be seen all round (d) a sense of near and far
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) what a rainbow shows (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) line (b) value (c) colour (d) shape
  31. 31.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) space
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how a surface feels (b) how light or dark it is (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) can be seen all round
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) form
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) value (d) space
  35. 35.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) shape (b) form (c) texture (d) value
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a solid 3D object (c) a closed flat outline (d) the area around objects
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) space (d) value

Answer key

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

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