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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 208 · 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 “only length and width”? (a) form (b) colour (c) shape (d) line
  2. 2.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a sense of near and far (c) gaps between things (d) only length and width
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) line (c) colour (d) space
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) what a rainbow shows (c) how light or dark it is (d) a long, thin mark
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) glue
  6. 6.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) texture (d) value
  10. 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) easel (c) line (d) value
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) form
  12. 12.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) how light or dark it is (c) from white to black (d) how a surface feels
  14. 14.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) frame (c) line (d) texture
  16. 16.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) value
  19. 19.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a flat 2D area (b) from white to black (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a closed flat outline
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how a surface feels (b) only length and width (c) a moving dot’s path (d) how light or dark it is
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) space (b) shape (c) form (d) line
  23. 23.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a flat 2D area (c) has height, width, depth (d) from white to black
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) colour
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) colour (b) form (c) line (d) shape
  27. 27.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) line (d) form
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) colour (d) line
  31. 31.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) space
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a sense of near and far (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a flat 2D area
  33. 33.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a long, thin mark (d) from white to black
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) line (b) shape (c) form (d) value
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how a surface feels (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a moving dot’s path
  37. 37.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) only length and width (c) a closed flat outline (d) a long, thin mark
  39. 39.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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