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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 66 · 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 tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) shape
  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 NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) frame (d) value
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a flat 2D area (d) a solid 3D object
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) form (b) line (c) colour (d) value
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) shape (d) glue
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called space? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) from white to black (c) a long, thin mark (d) the area around objects
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) colour (b) form (c) line (d) space
  9. 9.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how light or dark it is (b) only length and width (c) a solid 3D object (d) gaps between things
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) value (b) shape (c) texture (d) space
  12. 12.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
  14. 14.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) easel (c) value (d) form
  15. 15.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) texture
  17. 17.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) texture (b) space (c) line (d) form
  19. 19.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a sense of near and far (c) can be seen all round (d) looks furry or scaly
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) shape (d) form
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) space
  23. 23.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a flat 2D area (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) texture (d) space
  26. 26.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) how light or dark it is (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called line? (a) can be seen all round (b) a closed flat outline (c) how light or dark it is (d) a moving dot’s path
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called form? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a closed flat outline (d) a solid 3D object
  30. 30.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) texture (b) form (c) value (d) shape
  35. 35.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) a long, thin mark (c) a flat 2D area (d) how light or dark it is
  37. 37.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) line (d) space
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) how a surface feels (c) a solid 3D object (d) a closed flat outline
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) shape (b) value (c) form (d) texture

Answer key

  1. value
  2. 7
  3. frame
  4. a flat 2D area
  5. value
  6. glue
  7. the area around objects
  8. space
  9. True
  10. only length and width
  11. value
  12. texture
  13. space
  14. easel
  15. True
  16. texture
  17. True
  18. space
  19. True
  20. looks furry or scaly
  21. texture
  22. texture
  23. False
  24. has height, width, depth
  25. shape
  26. True
  27. rough, smooth or bumpy
  28. a moving dot’s path
  29. a solid 3D object
  30. False
  31. True
  32. False
  33. False
  34. shape
  35. True
  36. how light or dark it is
  37. False
  38. colour
  39. a closed flat outline
  40. form

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