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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 137 · 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: “only length and width” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  4. 4.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  5. 5.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) value (b) form (c) colour (d) line
  7. 7.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) value (c) texture (d) form
  10. 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) glue (c) shape (d) colour
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) how a surface feels (c) a flat 2D area (d) what a rainbow shows
  12. 12.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) from white to black (c) only length and width (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a sense of near and far (c) from white to black (d) how a surface feels
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) texture (b) line (c) space (d) form
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) can be seen all round (d) a flat 2D area
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) space (b) form (c) shape (d) texture
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) colour (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) texture (c) colour (d) shape
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called value? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a sense of near and far (c) has height, width, depth (d) how light or dark it is
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) gaps between things (b) how a surface feels (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a hue, like red or blue
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) texture (d) space
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a solid 3D object (b) the area around objects (c) a closed flat outline (d) a long, thin mark
  24. 24.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) has height, width, depth (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a closed flat outline
  26. 26.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) form (c) easel (d) value
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) space (b) form (c) shape (d) value
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a sense of near and far (d) has height, width, depth
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) shape (c) value (d) line
  32. 32.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) colour
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a solid 3D object (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a moving dot’s path
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) space (b) shape (c) line (d) form
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) form (c) line (d) value
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called line? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a moving dot’s path (c) only length and width (d) has height, width, depth
  38. 38.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called space? (a) from white to black (b) how light or dark it is (c) a sense of near and far (d) a hue, like red or blue
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how light or dark it is (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a solid 3D object (d) a closed flat outline

Answer key

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

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