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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 161 · 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 form? (a) the area around objects (b) from white to black (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) has height, width, depth
  2. 2.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called line? (a) has height, width, depth (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a long, thin mark (d) a sense of near and far
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) easel (d) value
  6. 6.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) frame (d) line
  8. 8.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) value (b) texture (c) colour (d) shape
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how a surface feels (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a closed flat outline
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a closed flat outline (d) a long, thin mark
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a solid 3D object (b) how a surface feels (c) a closed flat outline (d) a moving dot’s path
  13. 13.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a moving dot’s path (c) how a surface feels (d) only length and width
  15. 15.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) space
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) space (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  17. 17.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) line (b) form (c) colour (d) shape
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a moving dot’s path (c) gaps between things (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  21. 21.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) texture (b) value (c) space (d) colour
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) value (b) space (c) texture (d) colour
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) value (b) colour (c) shape (d) space
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) how light or dark it is (c) gaps between things (d) can be seen all round
  27. 27.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
  29. 29.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a long, thin mark (c) how light or dark it is (d) looks furry or scaly
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) from white to black (c) a long, thin mark (d) a moving dot’s path
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) form (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) space (c) form (d) shape
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) line (c) space (d) form
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) can be seen all round (c) how a surface feels (d) a closed flat outline
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a solid 3D object (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a long, thin mark (d) how a surface feels
  37. 37.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) shape
  39. 39.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) glue

Answer key

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

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