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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 148 · 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 shape? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) how a surface feels (c) only length and width (d) gaps between things
  2. 2.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
  7. 7.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) line
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) line (c) space (d) form
  10. 10.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) space (c) line (d) value
  11. 11.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  13. 13.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) the area around objects (c) how light or dark it is (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  17. 17.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a solid 3D object (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) how a surface feels
  19. 19.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) form (d) easel
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) value
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) gaps between things (b) how light or dark it is (c) what a rainbow shows (d) has height, width, depth
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a flat 2D area
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a long, thin mark (c) a moving dot’s path (d) the area around objects
  25. 25.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) frame (c) texture (d) line
  26. 26.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.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) a flat 2D area
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) value
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how a surface feels (b) gaps between things (c) from white to black (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) texture (b) value (c) space (d) form
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) form (c) colour (d) line
  32. 32.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how a surface feels (b) a solid 3D object (c) a closed flat outline (d) what a rainbow shows
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) texture
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
  36. 36.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) colour (b) form (c) line (d) shape
  40. 40.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. only length and width
  2. False
  3. True
  4. False
  5. False
  6. glue
  7. False
  8. space
  9. line
  10. texture
  11. True
  12. 7
  13. True
  14. False
  15. True
  16. a moving dot’s path
  17. True
  18. a solid 3D object
  19. False
  20. easel
  21. texture
  22. what a rainbow shows
  23. a flat 2D area
  24. the area around objects
  25. frame
  26. True
  27. from white to black
  28. value
  29. gaps between things
  30. form
  31. texture
  32. False
  33. how a surface feels
  34. value
  35. value
  36. False
  37. True
  38. False
  39. shape
  40. False

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