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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 138 · 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) 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.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) line (d) texture
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how light or dark it is (b) can be seen all round (c) a closed flat outline (d) a solid 3D object
  6. 6.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) glue (d) shape
  8. 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) frame
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how a surface feels (b) only length and width (c) how light or dark it is (d) gaps between things
  10. 10.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a flat 2D area (c) from white to black (d) the area around objects
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
  14. 14.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) colour (b) form (c) line (d) texture
  16. 16.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called line? (a) gaps between things (b) a flat 2D area (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a moving dot’s path
  18. 18.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) form
  20. 20.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) form (c) line (d) easel
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) shape (d) form
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) how light or dark it is (c) only length and width (d) looks furry or scaly
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) only length and width (c) a long, thin mark (d) a hue, like red or blue
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) space (c) form (d) line
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) shape (c) value (d) line
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) shape (b) form (c) value (d) colour
  28. 28.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) value (b) colour (c) line (d) texture
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) has height, width, depth (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) only length and width
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) the area around objects (c) only length and width (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  32. 32.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) line (c) form (d) texture
  34. 34.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called line? (a) can be seen all round (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a long, thin mark (d) how light or dark it is
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) colour (c) texture (d) line
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a closed flat outline (d) from white to black

Answer key

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

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