Edexcel GCSE Art and Design the formal elements overview quiz quiz

Deadline

Tone

Moderation

Component

They both mean exactly the same thing and can be used interchangeably in art

A form is always physically smaller in size than a shape ever is

A shape is flat (height and width); a form is three-dimensional (adds depth)

A shape is always brightly coloured, whereas a form never is

Outline

A signature

The size of the paper

Tone

They intensify each other for maximum contrast

They disappear completely and cannot be seen by the eye

They both immediately turn into a flat solid black

They blend together into one single identical colour

They brighten and become much more vivid than before

They neutralise each other toward grey or brown

They glow with an intense light all of their own

Nothing changes and both colours stay exactly as they were

They are completely identical and there is no real difference between them

A gesture line is always perfectly straight and never curved at all

Contour follows edges and form; gesture captures movement and energy

A contour line can only ever be drawn in the colour red

A mistake in a drawing that needs to be rubbed out

A particularly dark colour used to fill in an object

A page that has been accidentally torn or damaged

The shape of the space around and between objects

Actual texture is real surface you can feel; visual texture is an illusion made by marks

They are exactly the same thing and the two terms can be used interchangeably in any artwork

Visual texture is always rough and bumpy, while actual texture is always smooth

Actual texture is completely invisible and cannot be seen in any artwork at all

By simply drawing the single motif once in the very centre of the page

By making it tessellate, so copies interlock edge to edge

By colouring the single motif in with a flat solid black

By carefully rubbing the motif out and leaving the page blank

Always place the main subject exactly in the dead centre of the composition

Use only three different colours in the whole of the composition

Place key elements on the lines or intersections of a three-by-three grid

Divide the finished work into three completely separate pieces

It is not linked to AO4 in any way at all

Composition is only ever about the choice of colour in a piece of work

AO4 completely ignores composition and never rewards it

Composition arranges the formal elements to communicate meaning

Light, airy or delicate

Dramatic, dark and sombre in mood

Angry, harsh and aggressive

Confused, busy and disordered