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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 174 · 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.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) texture (d) line
  2. 2.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) has height, width, depth (c) a flat 2D area (d) can be seen all round
  4. 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) colour
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) value (b) shape (c) form (d) space
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a closed flat outline (b) from white to black (c) how a surface feels (d) looks furry or scaly
  8. 8.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) can be seen all round (b) a solid 3D object (c) a long, thin mark (d) what a rainbow shows
  10. 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) easel
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called space? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) how light or dark it is (c) a solid 3D object (d) a sense of near and far
  12. 12.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) form (b) colour (c) line (d) space
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a long, thin mark (c) gaps between things (d) looks furry or scaly
  15. 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) colour (c) shape (d) space
  16. 16.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a flat 2D area (b) only length and width (c) gaps between things (d) how a surface feels
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) shape (b) space (c) value (d) colour
  19. 19.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) colour
  22. 22.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) can be seen all round (b) gaps between things (c) has height, width, depth (d) a hue, like red or blue
  26. 26.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) line (b) form (c) texture (d) shape
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) space (d) line
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) what a rainbow shows (c) how a surface feels (d) from white to black
  32. 32.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) space (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) line (b) value (c) space (d) shape
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how a surface feels (b) the area around objects (c) a closed flat outline (d) a solid 3D object
  36. 36.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called space? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) gaps between things (c) how light or dark it is (d) a long, thin mark
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) value (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) from white to black (c) how a surface feels (d) gaps between things
  40. 40.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. texture
  2. False
  3. rough, smooth or bumpy
  4. 7
  5. shape
  6. space
  7. a closed flat outline
  8. True
  9. what a rainbow shows
  10. easel
  11. a sense of near and far
  12. False
  13. space
  14. looks furry or scaly
  15. glue
  16. True
  17. how a surface feels
  18. colour
  19. True
  20. True
  21. value
  22. False
  23. True
  24. False
  25. a hue, like red or blue
  26. True
  27. False
  28. shape
  29. line
  30. value
  31. from white to black
  32. False
  33. texture
  34. value
  35. a solid 3D object
  36. False
  37. gaps between things
  38. shape
  39. can be seen all round
  40. True

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