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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 189 · 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 “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) line (b) value (c) colour (d) texture
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) value
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) shape (d) glue
  4. 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) gaps between things (b) what a rainbow shows (c) only length and width (d) a flat 2D area
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) frame
  7. 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) easel
  8. 8.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) texture (c) space (d) colour
  10. 10.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) colour (d) space
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) line (c) shape (d) space
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a closed flat outline (b) how light or dark it is (c) a moving dot’s path (d) what a rainbow shows
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) how light or dark it is (d) gaps between things
  15. 15.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) texture (b) line (c) space (d) form
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) from white to black (c) gaps between things (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) form (d) colour
  20. 20.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) space
  21. 21.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) what a rainbow shows (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a flat 2D area
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) texture (b) space (c) colour (d) line
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a flat 2D area (c) only length and width (d) a hue, like red or blue
  25. 25.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) form (c) space (d) value
  27. 27.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) space (b) colour (c) value (d) line
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how a surface feels (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) only length and width
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) value (c) space (d) texture
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) texture (b) line (c) form (d) space
  35. 35.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) shape (b) line (c) form (d) colour
  37. 37.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) from white to black (c) a closed flat outline (d) a hue, like red or blue
  40. 40.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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