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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 185 · 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 sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) shape (c) texture (d) line
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) value (b) form (c) shape (d) colour
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a solid 3D object (d) gaps between things
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) can be seen all round (b) the area around objects (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a long, thin mark
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) line (b) form (c) texture (d) space
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  7. 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) colour (c) space (d) shape
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called form? (a) gaps between things (b) a long, thin mark (c) can be seen all round (d) looks furry or scaly
  9. 9.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) shape (b) line (c) texture (d) form
  11. 11.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a solid 3D object (c) how light or dark it is (d) only length and width
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) shape (b) space (c) line (d) texture
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called line? (a) the area around objects (b) a solid 3D object (c) a long, thin mark (d) only length and width
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) shape (d) line
  16. 16.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) value
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) colour (b) line (c) value (d) form
  19. 19.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) texture (b) form (c) line (d) space
  21. 21.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a flat 2D area (d) can be seen all round
  24. 24.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) how a surface feels (c) has height, width, depth (d) from white to black
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a moving dot’s path (c) what a rainbow shows (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  27. 27.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) line (d) texture
  30. 30.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) value (d) form
  32. 32.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a closed flat outline
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) form
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) shape (c) colour (d) form
  36. 36.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) easel (c) line (d) form

Answer key

  1. space
  2. form
  3. gaps between things
  4. a hue, like red or blue
  5. texture
  6. frame
  7. glue
  8. can be seen all round
  9. False
  10. form
  11. True
  12. how light or dark it is
  13. space
  14. a long, thin mark
  15. shape
  16. 7
  17. value
  18. value
  19. False
  20. space
  21. False
  22. False
  23. a flat 2D area
  24. True
  25. has height, width, depth
  26. a moving dot’s path
  27. False
  28. False
  29. texture
  30. False
  31. colour
  32. False
  33. a closed flat outline
  34. shape
  35. value
  36. False
  37. False
  38. False
  39. True
  40. easel

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