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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 235 · 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 of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) from white to black (c) a closed flat outline (d) gaps between things
  2. 2.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) colour (c) space (d) value
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) colour (b) form (c) texture (d) space
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) a long, thin mark (c) from white to black (d) a moving dot’s path
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) line (b) colour (c) shape (d) texture
  8. 8.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) space (d) line
  9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) easel
  10. 10.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) value (b) line (c) colour (d) space
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) form (b) texture (c) line (d) shape
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a solid 3D object (c) looks furry or scaly (d) only length and width
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) space (b) value (c) form (d) shape
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) value (d) line
  17. 17.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) line (d) space
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) space (b) colour (c) shape (d) texture
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a closed flat outline (b) only length and width (c) from white to black (d) how a surface feels
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how a surface feels (b) a sense of near and far (c) a flat 2D area (d) from white to black
  22. 22.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) shape (c) glue (d) space
  23. 23.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) form (b) line (c) colour (d) space
  25. 25.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called line? (a) only length and width (b) a solid 3D object (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a long, thin mark
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a closed flat outline (c) from white to black (d) gaps between things
  30. 30.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a closed flat outline (c) gaps between things (d) only length and width
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) form (b) value (c) colour (d) texture
  33. 33.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a solid 3D object (c) only length and width (d) can be seen all round
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) form (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a flat 2D area (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a solid 3D object
  40. 40.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a closed flat outline
  2. True
  3. 7
  4. form
  5. form
  6. can be seen all round
  7. shape
  8. texture
  9. easel
  10. False
  11. colour
  12. shape
  13. only length and width
  14. form
  15. value
  16. texture
  17. True
  18. line
  19. texture
  20. how a surface feels
  21. from white to black
  22. glue
  23. False
  24. space
  25. False
  26. True
  27. frame
  28. a long, thin mark
  29. a hue, like red or blue
  30. False
  31. rough, smooth or bumpy
  32. colour
  33. False
  34. False
  35. False
  36. False
  37. a moving dot’s path
  38. value
  39. looks furry or scaly
  40. False

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