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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 146 · 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) has height, width, depth (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a closed flat outline (d) a sense of near and far
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) form
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) how light or dark it is (c) gaps between things (d) a long, thin mark
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) line
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) frame (c) texture (d) value
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) the area around objects (d) a closed flat outline
  7. 7.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  9. 9.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) space (c) line (d) form
  11. 11.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) easel
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) value (d) form
  14. 14.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) form (b) space (c) colour (d) value
  16. 16.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) glue (c) shape (d) space
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) line
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) value (b) form (c) shape (d) colour
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called line? (a) only length and width (b) a solid 3D object (c) a moving dot’s path (d) can be seen all round
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called line? (a) from white to black (b) a long, thin mark (c) how light or dark it is (d) what a rainbow shows
  21. 21.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a flat 2D area (c) a long, thin mark (d) a hue, like red or blue
  24. 24.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  25. 25.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a flat 2D area (b) how a surface feels (c) gaps between things (d) how light or dark it is
  27. 27.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) only length and width (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a long, thin mark
  31. 31.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a sense of near and far (b) how a surface feels (c) the area around objects (d) from white to black
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a solid 3D object (c) what a rainbow shows (d) gaps between things
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a long, thin mark (c) a moving dot’s path (d) has height, width, depth
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) shape (b) line (c) colour (d) texture
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) a long, thin mark (c) gaps between things (d) a flat 2D area
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) value (c) form (d) texture
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) only length and width (c) a solid 3D object (d) what a rainbow shows
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) texture (b) space (c) value (d) form
  40. 40.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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