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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 172 · 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) value (b) line (c) colour (d) space
  2. 2.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) value (b) space (c) form (d) shape
  5. 5.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  8. 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) shape (c) glue (d) space
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) form
  10. 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) easel (d) form
  11. 11.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) space (d) value
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) space (c) value (d) shape
  13. 13.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) shape (c) value (d) line
  16. 16.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) gaps between things (b) a long, thin mark (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) has height, width, depth
  18. 18.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) value (b) form (c) line (d) colour
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) space (d) value
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) form (b) space (c) line (d) shape
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) can be seen all round (b) the area around objects (c) a long, thin mark (d) what a rainbow shows
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) value (b) space (c) form (d) texture
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a moving dot’s path (c) what a rainbow shows (d) how light or dark it is
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called form? (a) the area around objects (b) a long, thin mark (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a solid 3D object
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) what a rainbow shows (c) can be seen all round (d) a closed flat outline
  27. 27.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a moving dot’s path (c) from white to black (d) has height, width, depth
  30. 30.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) texture
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) texture (c) value (d) shape
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) only length and width (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a sense of near and far
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) form (b) value (c) shape (d) texture
  36. 36.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) value (c) colour (d) line
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) has height, width, depth (c) a moving dot’s path (d) looks furry or scaly
  40. 40.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. line
  2. False
  3. False
  4. space
  5. True
  6. False
  7. 7
  8. glue
  9. shape
  10. easel
  11. texture
  12. shape
  13. False
  14. frame
  15. value
  16. True
  17. a hue, like red or blue
  18. True
  19. colour
  20. value
  21. shape
  22. what a rainbow shows
  23. texture
  24. how light or dark it is
  25. a solid 3D object
  26. the area around objects
  27. False
  28. True
  29. a flat 2D area
  30. False
  31. space
  32. texture
  33. form
  34. only length and width
  35. value
  36. False
  37. False
  38. line
  39. from white to black
  40. False

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