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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 113 · 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.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) value (b) form (c) line (d) shape
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) texture (b) space (c) shape (d) form
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a long, thin mark (b) how a surface feels (c) a solid 3D object (d) how light or dark it is
  7. 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) glue
  8. 8.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
  10. 10.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called space? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) from white to black (c) gaps between things (d) a closed flat outline
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) form (d) space
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) value (b) texture (c) form (d) line
  15. 15.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a flat 2D area (b) from white to black (c) can be seen all round (d) a long, thin mark
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) form (b) shape (c) colour (d) line
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a flat 2D area (c) the area around objects (d) a hue, like red or blue
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) value (c) shape (d) form
  20. 20.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) line (b) colour (c) texture (d) value
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) from white to black (c) a closed flat outline (d) gaps between things
  23. 23.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  26. 26.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how light or dark it is (b) only length and width (c) a sense of near and far (d) has height, width, depth
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called form? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) gaps between things (c) from white to black (d) has height, width, depth
  29. 29.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) easel (d) form
  32. 32.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) frame
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a flat 2D area
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) texture (c) space (d) shape
  35. 35.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) value (b) colour (c) form (d) shape
  39. 39.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. False
  3. True
  4. value
  5. shape
  6. how light or dark it is
  7. glue
  8. True
  9. value
  10. False
  11. 7
  12. gaps between things
  13. space
  14. texture
  15. True
  16. a long, thin mark
  17. shape
  18. a hue, like red or blue
  19. shape
  20. False
  21. value
  22. from white to black
  23. True
  24. False
  25. texture
  26. False
  27. only length and width
  28. has height, width, depth
  29. False
  30. False
  31. easel
  32. frame
  33. what a rainbow shows
  34. form
  35. False
  36. True
  37. False
  38. form
  39. False
  40. False

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