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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 849 · 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) value (b) frame (c) line (d) texture
  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 is “from white to black”? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) form
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) from white to black (c) how light or dark it is (d) a flat 2D area
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) glue (d) shape
  6. 6.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called form? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) how a surface feels (c) a solid 3D object (d) a flat 2D area
  8. 8.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) from white to black (c) only length and width (d) has height, width, depth
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called space? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) how a surface feels (c) can be seen all round (d) gaps between things
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
  12. 12.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called value? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) only length and width (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) how light or dark it is
  15. 15.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) form
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) form (c) line (d) space
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) form
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) space (b) shape (c) form (d) value
  20. 20.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  22. 22.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) form (c) easel (d) line
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a flat 2D area (d) the area around objects
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a moving dot’s path (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) has height, width, depth
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) the area around objects (c) has height, width, depth (d) how a surface feels
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) form (b) colour (c) shape (d) texture
  27. 27.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) shape (d) value
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) value (b) shape (c) texture (d) form
  31. 31.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) colour
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) form (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called line? (a) only length and width (b) the area around objects (c) a closed flat outline (d) a long, thin mark
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a long, thin mark (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a sense of near and far (d) how light or dark it is
  37. 37.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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