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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 70 · 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) line (c) frame (d) value
  2. 2.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) value (d) form
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) shape
  4. 4.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) value (c) line (d) shape
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) how a surface feels (c) looks furry or scaly (d) how light or dark it is
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) shape (b) space (c) value (d) line
  8. 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) glue (c) colour (d) space
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) colour (b) form (c) space (d) value
  10. 10.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) looks furry or scaly (c) gaps between things (d) a flat 2D area
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) space (b) line (c) texture (d) form
  13. 13.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a flat 2D area (d) a hue, like red or blue
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) line (b) texture (c) colour (d) form
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) texture (b) line (c) form (d) shape
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) how a surface feels (c) a closed flat outline (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) space (b) line (c) form (d) colour
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) form (c) line (d) space
  21. 21.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  24. 24.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) form (b) space (c) value (d) shape
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) has height, width, depth (c) from white to black (d) looks furry or scaly
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) shape (b) line (c) form (d) texture
  29. 29.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called line? (a) only length and width (b) from white to black (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a long, thin mark
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) how light or dark it is (c) a sense of near and far (d) how a surface feels
  32. 32.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) space (b) form (c) colour (d) line
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called form? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a flat 2D area (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a solid 3D object
  36. 36.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) space (c) form (d) colour
  38. 38.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. frame
  2. easel
  3. value
  4. texture
  5. form
  6. only length and width
  7. space
  8. glue
  9. value
  10. False
  11. a flat 2D area
  12. texture
  13. True
  14. True
  15. a sense of near and far
  16. colour
  17. shape
  18. a closed flat outline
  19. colour
  20. shape
  21. True
  22. False
  23. 7
  24. True
  25. False
  26. value
  27. looks furry or scaly
  28. form
  29. False
  30. a long, thin mark
  31. how a surface feels
  32. True
  33. False
  34. form
  35. a solid 3D object
  36. False
  37. texture
  38. False
  39. True
  40. True

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