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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 182 · 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 NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) frame (c) line (d) value
  2. 2.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called form. (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 element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) texture (b) value (c) colour (d) space
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a long, thin mark (c) what a rainbow shows (d) gaps between things
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a flat 2D area (c) the area around objects (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  7. 7.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) glue
  9. 9.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) colour
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a flat 2D area (d) a sense of near and far
  12. 12.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a moving dot’s path (c) only length and width (d) gaps between things
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a solid 3D object (d) a moving dot’s path
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) value (b) space (c) line (d) shape
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) texture (d) space
  18. 18.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) can be seen all round (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) only length and width
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) space (b) form (c) shape (d) colour
  21. 21.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a sense of near and far (c) how light or dark it is (d) the area around objects
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) form (d) value
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a flat 2D area (c) can be seen all round (d) only length and width
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) colour
  28. 28.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
  30. 30.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) shape (b) value (c) form (d) space
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) colour
  35. 35.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called space? (a) has height, width, depth (b) how a surface feels (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a sense of near and far
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called form? (a) gaps between things (b) has height, width, depth (c) a moving dot’s path (d) looks furry or scaly
  39. 39.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. frame
  2. False
  3. 7
  4. space
  5. what a rainbow shows
  6. the area around objects
  7. True
  8. glue
  9. texture
  10. texture
  11. rough, smooth or bumpy
  12. False
  13. a solid 3D object
  14. a closed flat outline
  15. line
  16. line
  17. space
  18. False
  19. can be seen all round
  20. form
  21. False
  22. False
  23. value
  24. how light or dark it is
  25. form
  26. looks furry or scaly
  27. value
  28. True
  29. shape
  30. True
  31. False
  32. False
  33. space
  34. texture
  35. False
  36. False
  37. a sense of near and far
  38. has height, width, depth
  39. False
  40. False

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