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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 171 · 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 is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) space
  2. 2.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) has height, width, depth (c) only length and width (d) a sense of near and far
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) frame
  4. 4.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) form (c) shape (d) line
  6. 6.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) value (b) shape (c) form (d) space
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called line? (a) can be seen all round (b) how light or dark it is (c) a solid 3D object (d) a long, thin mark
  9. 9.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called form? (a) from white to black (b) can be seen all round (c) looks furry or scaly (d) how light or dark it is
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) space (d) line
  12. 12.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) easel (c) value (d) line
  14. 14.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) space
  15. 15.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) form (b) shape (c) value (d) texture
  17. 17.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) shape
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a long, thin mark (c) from white to black (d) what a rainbow shows
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) form (c) value (d) line
  21. 21.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) how a surface feels (c) how light or dark it is (d) a long, thin mark
  24. 24.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) line (d) texture
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) has height, width, depth (d) a closed flat outline
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) form (d) texture
  28. 28.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) shape (b) space (c) form (d) value
  30. 30.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called line? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) the area around objects (c) a moving dot’s path (d) from white to black
  32. 32.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) glue (d) shape
  33. 33.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) form (b) value (c) shape (d) texture
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a closed flat outline (d) a long, thin mark
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) value (b) colour (c) space (d) texture
  37. 37.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called form? (a) from white to black (b) a solid 3D object (c) how light or dark it is (d) a moving dot’s path
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) line (b) space (c) form (d) texture
  40. 40.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. line
  2. what a rainbow shows
  3. frame
  4. False
  5. texture
  6. 7
  7. shape
  8. a long, thin mark
  9. True
  10. can be seen all round
  11. space
  12. False
  13. easel
  14. texture
  15. True
  16. value
  17. True
  18. value
  19. from white to black
  20. line
  21. False
  22. False
  23. a flat 2D area
  24. True
  25. colour
  26. a closed flat outline
  27. texture
  28. False
  29. space
  30. False
  31. a moving dot’s path
  32. glue
  33. False
  34. shape
  35. a sense of near and far
  36. value
  37. False
  38. a solid 3D object
  39. form
  40. False

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