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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 836 · 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 is “how a surface feels”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) line (d) shape
  2. 2.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) frame (d) line
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) glue
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) line (b) value (c) colour (d) form
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) value (b) shape (c) line (d) space
  6. 6.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  7. 7.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) space (c) shape (d) line
  9. 9.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called space? (a) only length and width (b) has height, width, depth (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) gaps between things
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) texture
  13. 13.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  14. 14.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) space (b) colour (c) shape (d) value
  18. 18.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) the area around objects (c) a long, thin mark (d) looks furry or scaly
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) texture (b) form (c) value (d) space
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) the area around objects (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a flat 2D area (d) a sense of near and far
  23. 23.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called form? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) can be seen all round (c) a long, thin mark (d) what a rainbow shows
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a flat 2D area (c) how light or dark it is (d) a long, thin mark
  26. 26.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) from white to black (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a flat 2D area
  28. 28.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a solid 3D object (d) the area around objects
  30. 30.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) form (c) line (d) easel
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a long, thin mark (c) what a rainbow shows (d) how light or dark it is
  34. 34.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called space? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a solid 3D object (c) a sense of near and far (d) can be seen all round
  37. 37.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) space
  39. 39.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) from white to black (c) gaps between things (d) looks furry or scaly

Answer key

  1. texture
  2. frame
  3. glue
  4. form
  5. shape
  6. 7
  7. True
  8. line
  9. True
  10. False
  11. gaps between things
  12. value
  13. texture
  14. True
  15. False
  16. True
  17. value
  18. False
  19. True
  20. how light or dark it is
  21. space
  22. a flat 2D area
  23. False
  24. can be seen all round
  25. looks furry or scaly
  26. True
  27. from white to black
  28. False
  29. a moving dot’s path
  30. True
  31. False
  32. easel
  33. what a rainbow shows
  34. False
  35. False
  36. a sense of near and far
  37. True
  38. space
  39. False
  40. a hue, like red or blue

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