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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 219 · 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 tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) value (c) shape (d) texture
  2. 2.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) value (b) colour (c) space (d) line
  4. 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) space (b) texture (c) form (d) value
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) glue (d) colour
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) gaps between things (c) a sense of near and far (d) only length and width
  8. 8.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a flat 2D area (b) what a rainbow shows (c) from white to black (d) a moving dot’s path
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a sense of near and far (d) a closed flat outline
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) value (b) space (c) colour (d) texture
  13. 13.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) space (b) shape (c) texture (d) colour
  15. 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) easel (d) value
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a flat 2D area (c) can be seen all round (d) a moving dot’s path
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) texture (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
  18. 18.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) line (d) texture
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) space (b) line (c) form (d) value
  20. 20.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) frame (c) line (d) value
  21. 21.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) the area around objects (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a closed flat outline
  24. 24.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) space (b) value (c) line (d) colour
  27. 27.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) only length and width (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a solid 3D object (d) a closed flat outline
  30. 30.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called value? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) how light or dark it is (c) a sense of near and far (d) what a rainbow shows
  33. 33.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a moving dot’s path (c) gaps between things (d) a long, thin mark
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a closed flat outline (c) can be seen all round (d) looks furry or scaly
  36. 36.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) can be seen all round (b) what a rainbow shows (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) has height, width, depth
  38. 38.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) how a surface feels (c) a flat 2D area (d) a solid 3D object
  40. 40.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. value
  2. False
  3. line
  4. 7
  5. value
  6. glue
  7. only length and width
  8. True
  9. True
  10. a moving dot’s path
  11. a closed flat outline
  12. texture
  13. True
  14. colour
  15. easel
  16. can be seen all round
  17. space
  18. texture
  19. form
  20. frame
  21. False
  22. False
  23. the area around objects
  24. True
  25. True
  26. line
  27. True
  28. False
  29. what a rainbow shows
  30. False
  31. True
  32. how light or dark it is
  33. False
  34. gaps between things
  35. looks furry or scaly
  36. True
  37. rough, smooth or bumpy
  38. True
  39. a flat 2D area
  40. True

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