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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 141 · 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 form. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) form (c) line (d) value
  4. 4.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how a surface feels (b) what a rainbow shows (c) only length and width (d) how light or dark it is
  6. 6.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  7. 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) glue (d) shape
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) form
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) from white to black (c) can be seen all round (d) what a rainbow shows
  10. 10.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) what a rainbow shows (c) has height, width, depth (d) a long, thin mark
  12. 12.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) has height, width, depth (c) a long, thin mark (d) the area around objects
  14. 14.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) can be seen all round (b) how light or dark it is (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a long, thin mark
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called value? (a) the area around objects (b) how light or dark it is (c) how a surface feels (d) a hue, like red or blue
  18. 18.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) a solid 3D object (c) the area around objects (d) has height, width, depth
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) the area around objects (b) a closed flat outline (c) a long, thin mark (d) a moving dot’s path
  21. 21.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) colour
  23. 23.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) texture (b) line (c) form (d) value
  26. 26.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) value (c) shape (d) colour
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called space? (a) can be seen all round (b) has height, width, depth (c) the area around objects (d) a flat 2D area
  29. 29.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) frame
  36. 36.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called line? (a) can be seen all round (b) a sense of near and far (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a hue, like red or blue
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) form (c) colour (d) shape
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) texture (c) shape (d) line

Answer key

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

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