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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 67 · 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 texture? (a) from white to black (b) a flat 2D area (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) the area around objects
  2. 2.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how a surface feels (b) can be seen all round (c) from white to black (d) a hue, like red or blue
  3. 3.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) form (d) value
  5. 5.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  6. 6.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) space
  7. 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) value (c) easel (d) line
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called line? (a) only length and width (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a long, thin mark
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) colour (c) value (d) line
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a flat 2D area (c) has height, width, depth (d) a moving dot’s path
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) value
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called line? (a) can be seen all round (b) a moving dot’s path (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a hue, like red or blue
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) gaps between things (c) a flat 2D area (d) a moving dot’s path
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called value? (a) the area around objects (b) a flat 2D area (c) how light or dark it is (d) a long, thin mark
  15. 15.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) frame (c) value (d) line
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) value (b) texture (c) colour (d) line
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) has height, width, depth (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a flat 2D area
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) colour (b) form (c) value (d) space
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) value (c) shape (d) line
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a closed flat outline (c) from white to black (d) gaps between things
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a flat 2D area (c) can be seen all round (d) what a rainbow shows
  23. 23.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) value (c) form (d) shape
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) line (b) space (c) form (d) shape
  26. 26.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called space? (a) can be seen all round (b) a closed flat outline (c) a long, thin mark (d) a sense of near and far
  28. 28.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) shape (c) colour (d) line
  31. 31.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) only length and width
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) space (b) line (c) colour (d) form
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) value
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) form (c) value (d) space
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) from white to black (b) only length and width (c) a flat 2D area (d) how a surface feels
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) shape (b) value (c) space (d) texture
  40. 40.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) glue (d) shape

Answer key

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

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