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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 169 · 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 element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) value
  2. 2.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) space (d) line
  3. 3.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  5. 5.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) line
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) space (d) form
  8. 8.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) frame
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) space (c) value (d) form
  12. 12.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) glue (d) colour
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a closed flat outline (c) the area around objects (d) how a surface feels
  15. 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) form (c) line (d) value
  16. 16.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) value (b) form (c) line (d) shape
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) a flat 2D area (c) has height, width, depth (d) a sense of near and far
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) a long, thin mark (c) looks furry or scaly (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  20. 20.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called line? (a) the area around objects (b) a long, thin mark (c) gaps between things (d) from white to black
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a flat 2D area (c) the area around objects (d) a closed flat outline
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) space (b) form (c) shape (d) line
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) space
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) colour (b) form (c) line (d) space
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a flat 2D area (c) a moving dot’s path (d) how light or dark it is
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a closed flat outline (d) has height, width, depth
  28. 28.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how a surface feels (b) from white to black (c) can be seen all round (d) a moving dot’s path
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) colour (b) form (c) space (d) texture
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called space? (a) only length and width (b) a flat 2D area (c) a sense of near and far (d) has height, width, depth
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) space (b) colour (c) texture (d) shape
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a flat 2D area (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) the area around objects (d) a sense of near and far
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) colour (d) form
  36. 36.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) line (b) texture (c) colour (d) value
  38. 38.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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