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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 609 · 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.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) form (d) space
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) frame
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a sense of near and far (c) a moving dot’s path (d) looks furry or scaly
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) form (c) colour (d) line
  6. 6.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) how a surface feels (c) a closed flat outline (d) a long, thin mark
  8. 8.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) space (b) texture (c) line (d) colour
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) from white to black (c) how light or dark it is (d) only length and width
  11. 11.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) line (d) texture
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how a surface feels (b) a closed flat outline (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a long, thin mark
  13. 13.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) value (b) texture (c) space (d) shape
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a sense of near and far (c) gaps between things (d) a closed flat outline
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) form (b) colour (c) space (d) value
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) can be seen all round (c) a long, thin mark (d) gaps between things
  18. 18.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) texture (b) value (c) form (d) shape
  20. 20.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) glue
  21. 21.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) form (b) shape (c) value (d) texture
  23. 23.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) form (b) value (c) colour (d) line
  26. 26.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a sense of near and far (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a hue, like red or blue
  28. 28.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) easel (d) form
  30. 30.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) shape (c) line (d) texture
  32. 32.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) line (b) texture (c) space (d) form
  34. 34.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) gaps between things (c) a moving dot’s path (d) only length and width
  36. 36.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) form (d) space
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) what a rainbow shows (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a long, thin mark
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) space (b) form (c) line (d) texture

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. colour
  3. frame
  4. a moving dot’s path
  5. texture
  6. False
  7. how a surface feels
  8. False
  9. line
  10. the area around objects
  11. texture
  12. a long, thin mark
  13. False
  14. shape
  15. a closed flat outline
  16. colour
  17. can be seen all round
  18. True
  19. shape
  20. glue
  21. True
  22. texture
  23. True
  24. False
  25. value
  26. False
  27. a hue, like red or blue
  28. True
  29. easel
  30. False
  31. value
  32. True
  33. texture
  34. False
  35. only length and width
  36. True
  37. False
  38. space
  39. gaps between things
  40. form

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