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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 204 · 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 “how light or dark it is”? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) form
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) form (d) value
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) colour (b) space (c) form (d) shape
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) glue
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) line (b) colour (c) texture (d) shape
  7. 7.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) space (d) value
  8. 8.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a long, thin mark (c) what a rainbow shows (d) from white to black
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) the area around objects (b) a solid 3D object (c) gaps between things (d) only length and width
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) line (d) value
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) shape (b) line (c) space (d) colour
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) shape (b) form (c) colour (d) space
  16. 16.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) form (b) texture (c) value (d) space
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) colour (b) line (c) form (d) space
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called line? (a) from white to black (b) a solid 3D object (c) gaps between things (d) a moving dot’s path
  20. 20.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) can be seen all round (c) a flat 2D area (d) only length and width
  22. 22.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) value (c) line (d) space
  24. 24.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) value (c) space (d) texture
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) space
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called form? (a) gaps between things (b) how light or dark it is (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a solid 3D object
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) form (c) shape (d) line
  30. 30.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) line (d) shape
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) how a surface feels
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a long, thin mark (b) gaps between things (c) how a surface feels (d) a hue, like red or blue
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) line (b) colour (c) shape (d) form
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a long, thin mark (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a moving dot’s path
  37. 37.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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