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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 616 · 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 NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) frame (c) value (d) line
  2. 2.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) can be seen all round (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) the area around objects (d) a flat 2D area
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) form (b) shape (c) line (d) colour
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a sense of near and far (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) can be seen all round
  5. 5.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  6. 6.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) shape (b) space (c) value (d) texture
  8. 8.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) glue (c) shape (d) space
  11. 11.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) line (b) space (c) shape (d) texture
  17. 17.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a solid 3D object (b) can be seen all round (c) a sense of near and far (d) a flat 2D area
  20. 20.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) texture
  24. 24.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) colour (d) form
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) space (b) form (c) value (d) colour
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) shape (b) form (c) colour (d) value
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) a closed flat outline (c) a sense of near and far (d) what a rainbow shows
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) from white to black (b) only length and width (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a hue, like red or blue
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) form
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
  35. 35.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called line? (a) gaps between things (b) only length and width (c) a long, thin mark (d) a flat 2D area
  38. 38.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a sense of near and far (c) a moving dot’s path (d) has height, width, depth
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) a solid 3D object (c) the area around objects (d) looks furry or scaly

Answer key

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

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