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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 126 · 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.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  2. 2.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) frame
  4. 4.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) value (c) shape (d) texture
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) texture (b) form (c) shape (d) line
  7. 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) line (b) form (c) colour (d) space
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called line? (a) the area around objects (b) looks furry or scaly (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a moving dot’s path
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a closed flat outline (c) how a surface feels (d) a sense of near and far
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) space
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) texture (d) line
  13. 13.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a sense of near and far (d) how a surface feels
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a flat 2D area (c) has height, width, depth (d) a solid 3D object
  16. 16.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) value (b) space (c) form (d) shape
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) gaps between things (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a sense of near and far
  19. 19.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) form (d) line
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) line (b) space (c) form (d) texture
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called form? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) has height, width, depth (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) only length and width
  23. 23.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) looks furry or scaly (c) what a rainbow shows (d) gaps between things
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a moving dot’s path (c) how a surface feels (d) a flat 2D area
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) space (d) value
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a flat 2D area (c) a long, thin mark (d) can be seen all round
  31. 31.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) value (b) shape (c) line (d) colour
  33. 33.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) value (c) line (d) easel
  38. 38.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. False
  3. frame
  4. texture
  5. value
  6. shape
  7. glue
  8. colour
  9. a moving dot’s path
  10. a closed flat outline
  11. value
  12. shape
  13. False
  14. how light or dark it is
  15. a sense of near and far
  16. True
  17. form
  18. rough, smooth or bumpy
  19. False
  20. texture
  21. space
  22. has height, width, depth
  23. False
  24. True
  25. True
  26. True
  27. from white to black
  28. a solid 3D object
  29. texture
  30. a hue, like red or blue
  31. False
  32. line
  33. True
  34. True
  35. True
  36. False
  37. easel
  38. False
  39. False
  40. False

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