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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 845 · 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) glue (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) line (b) space (c) form (d) colour
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) shape (b) line (c) form (d) texture
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a solid 3D object (d) a sense of near and far
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called line? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) can be seen all round (d) a long, thin mark
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a solid 3D object (d) how a surface feels
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called value? (a) the area around objects (b) from white to black (c) a long, thin mark (d) how a surface feels
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called form? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) how light or dark it is (c) a closed flat outline (d) a solid 3D object
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) space (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  12. 12.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) shape (d) form
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) has height, width, depth (b) the area around objects (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a sense of near and far
  15. 15.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) line (b) value (c) colour (d) texture
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) space (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  18. 18.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a moving dot’s path (c) can be seen all round (d) only length and width
  20. 20.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) frame (d) value
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) can be seen all round (c) a long, thin mark (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  22. 22.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) texture (b) line (c) space (d) shape
  25. 25.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) form (d) easel
  27. 27.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) space (d) line
  29. 29.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a closed flat outline (c) how a surface feels (d) gaps between things
  32. 32.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) line
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) shape
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) colour
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) line (b) form (c) space (d) value
  37. 37.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) colour (c) shape (d) line
  40. 40.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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