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

Answer key

  1. a hue, like red or blue
  2. frame
  3. False
  4. shape
  5. how light or dark it is
  6. only length and width
  7. 7
  8. texture
  9. a flat 2D area
  10. gaps between things
  11. value
  12. easel
  13. False
  14. False
  15. glue
  16. colour
  17. False
  18. False
  19. False
  20. True
  21. a closed flat outline
  22. shape
  23. the area around objects
  24. space
  25. rough, smooth or bumpy
  26. looks furry or scaly
  27. texture
  28. True
  29. form
  30. line
  31. colour
  32. line
  33. texture
  34. False
  35. from white to black
  36. value
  37. False
  38. a moving dot’s path
  39. False
  40. True

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