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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 115 · 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: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  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 “can be seen all round”? (a) texture (b) line (c) form (d) space
  4. 4.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called line? (a) gaps between things (b) a sense of near and far (c) a closed flat outline (d) a moving dot’s path
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) the area around objects (c) what a rainbow shows (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) form (b) texture (c) space (d) shape
  9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
  10. 10.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a solid 3D object (d) what a rainbow shows
  13. 13.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) space (c) value (d) line
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) form (d) line
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) has height, width, depth
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) value (b) form (c) texture (d) shape
  18. 18.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) form (c) line (d) easel
  19. 19.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) value (c) shape (d) texture
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) space
  23. 23.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a closed flat outline (b) only length and width (c) a sense of near and far (d) how a surface feels
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) form (d) space
  27. 27.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a solid 3D object (b) has height, width, depth (c) gaps between things (d) what a rainbow shows
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) a closed flat outline (c) has height, width, depth (d) from white to black
  30. 30.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) a flat 2D area (c) how light or dark it is (d) how a surface feels
  32. 32.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) shape (c) colour (d) form
  35. 35.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) line (b) colour (c) shape (d) space
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) only length and width (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) how a surface feels
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) has height, width, depth (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a flat 2D area
  40. 40.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. 7
  3. form
  4. False
  5. a moving dot’s path
  6. frame
  7. rough, smooth or bumpy
  8. texture
  9. glue
  10. True
  11. False
  12. a solid 3D object
  13. texture
  14. colour
  15. value
  16. looks furry or scaly
  17. shape
  18. easel
  19. True
  20. False
  21. space
  22. space
  23. True
  24. False
  25. a sense of near and far
  26. space
  27. False
  28. what a rainbow shows
  29. the area around objects
  30. False
  31. how a surface feels
  32. True
  33. shape
  34. line
  35. True
  36. True
  37. colour
  38. a hue, like red or blue
  39. a flat 2D area
  40. False

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