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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 240 · 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.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  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) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) glue
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) form (b) shape (c) texture (d) colour
  5. 5.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) the area around objects (c) gaps between things (d) a solid 3D object
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) has height, width, depth (b) what a rainbow shows (c) looks furry or scaly (d) only length and width
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) colour (c) form (d) shape
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) space (b) colour (c) line (d) shape
  11. 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) easel
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) value (b) shape (c) form (d) space
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how a surface feels (b) a flat 2D area (c) from white to black (d) a moving dot’s path
  14. 14.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) texture (b) space (c) value (d) form
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) form (b) space (c) colour (d) texture
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) can be seen all round (c) a closed flat outline (d) a hue, like red or blue
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) colour (b) space (c) line (d) form
  19. 19.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) frame (d) texture
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) value (b) colour (c) texture (d) form
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) value (c) colour (d) line
  23. 23.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) space
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called line? (a) gaps between things (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) the area around objects (d) a moving dot’s path
  25. 25.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called space? (a) only length and width (b) from white to black (c) gaps between things (d) a solid 3D object
  27. 27.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) has height, width, depth (c) a sense of near and far (d) a flat 2D area
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  31. 31.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) line (c) space (d) value
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how a surface feels (b) a moving dot’s path (c) how light or dark it is (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called space? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a closed flat outline (c) looks furry or scaly (d) the area around objects
  35. 35.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) space
  39. 39.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) can be seen all round (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) what a rainbow shows

Answer key

  1. False
  2. 7
  3. glue
  4. texture
  5. True
  6. only length and width
  7. looks furry or scaly
  8. value
  9. shape
  10. colour
  11. easel
  12. shape
  13. from white to black
  14. True
  15. value
  16. texture
  17. a closed flat outline
  18. space
  19. True
  20. frame
  21. colour
  22. space
  23. texture
  24. a moving dot’s path
  25. False
  26. gaps between things
  27. False
  28. True
  29. has height, width, depth
  30. texture
  31. True
  32. line
  33. how light or dark it is
  34. the area around objects
  35. True
  36. False
  37. True
  38. form
  39. True
  40. a long, thin mark

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