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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 243 · 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 colour? (a) a solid 3D object (b) only length and width (c) what a rainbow shows (d) how a surface feels
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) colour (c) shape (d) line
  3. 3.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  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 tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
  6. 6.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) space (d) texture
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called value? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a flat 2D area (c) how light or dark it is (d) can be seen all round
  8. 8.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) has height, width, depth (c) a long, thin mark (d) a moving dot’s path
  10. 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) frame (d) line
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how a surface feels (b) a moving dot’s path (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a solid 3D object
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) line
  13. 13.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) colour (b) form (c) space (d) value
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) colour (b) space (c) texture (d) line
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) only length and width (c) can be seen all round (d) gaps between things
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) has height, width, depth (b) gaps between things (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a hue, like red or blue
  18. 18.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) shape (c) space (d) glue
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) value
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) line (b) form (c) colour (d) shape
  21. 21.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a solid 3D object (b) how a surface feels (c) a long, thin mark (d) a sense of near and far
  24. 24.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a closed flat outline (b) how light or dark it is (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a solid 3D object
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) space (b) value (c) line (d) form
  27. 27.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) form (c) line (d) value
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) has height, width, depth (b) what a rainbow shows (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a hue, like red or blue
  29. 29.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called space? (a) can be seen all round (b) the area around objects (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) how light or dark it is
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a flat 2D area (b) from white to black (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a long, thin mark
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) colour (b) line (c) shape (d) space
  33. 33.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how light or dark it is (b) can be seen all round (c) gaps between things (d) a long, thin mark
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) line (b) form (c) texture (d) shape
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) looks furry or scaly (c) has height, width, depth (d) how a surface feels
  37. 37.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) space (c) value (d) colour
  39. 39.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) line (c) space (d) form

Answer key

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

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