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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 211 · 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) texture (b) line (c) value (d) colour
  2. 2.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a closed flat outline (c) how light or dark it is (d) a moving dot’s path
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) the area around objects (d) can be seen all round
  5. 5.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  6. 6.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called space? (a) only length and width (b) a flat 2D area (c) has height, width, depth (d) a sense of near and far
  8. 8.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) texture (d) line
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called line? (a) can be seen all round (b) a moving dot’s path (c) how light or dark it is (d) a flat 2D area
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) value
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a sense of near and far (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a long, thin mark (d) can be seen all round
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) the area around objects (d) a flat 2D area
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) how a surface feels (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) only length and width
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) form (c) colour (d) line
  16. 16.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) shape (c) line (d) form
  18. 18.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how a surface feels (b) from white to black (c) a closed flat outline (d) gaps between things
  20. 20.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) the area around objects (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) what a rainbow shows
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) colour (b) space (c) line (d) texture
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) line (b) shape (c) form (d) colour
  24. 24.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) colour (b) form (c) texture (d) shape
  26. 26.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
  28. 28.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) frame
  29. 29.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a closed flat outline (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) only length and width (d) can be seen all round
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) only length and width (c) from white to black (d) looks furry or scaly
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
  34. 34.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a solid 3D object (c) how a surface feels (d) the area around objects
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a closed flat outline (c) what a rainbow shows (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  37. 37.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) shape
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) line (c) shape (d) space
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) value (b) form (c) line (d) shape

Answer key

  1. texture
  2. False
  3. how light or dark it is
  4. the area around objects
  5. 7
  6. False
  7. a sense of near and far
  8. False
  9. texture
  10. a moving dot’s path
  11. value
  12. a long, thin mark
  13. a flat 2D area
  14. gaps between things
  15. line
  16. True
  17. shape
  18. True
  19. from white to black
  20. False
  21. rough, smooth or bumpy
  22. space
  23. form
  24. False
  25. texture
  26. False
  27. glue
  28. frame
  29. True
  30. False
  31. can be seen all round
  32. only length and width
  33. value
  34. False
  35. a solid 3D object
  36. a closed flat outline
  37. False
  38. value
  39. space
  40. shape

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