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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 248 · 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 line? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a closed flat outline (d) how a surface feels
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) shape
  3. 3.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (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.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) form (d) line
  8. 8.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) space (d) value
  9. 9.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) space (d) shape
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) texture (b) form (c) colour (d) line
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) the area around objects (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a flat 2D area
  13. 13.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) form
  15. 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) easel
  16. 16.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) space (c) line (d) value
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) colour (c) line (d) shape
  19. 19.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) a closed flat outline (c) how light or dark it is (d) a long, thin mark
  21. 21.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a closed flat outline (c) only length and width (d) gaps between things
  23. 23.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) how light or dark it is (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a flat 2D area
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a long, thin mark (b) has height, width, depth (c) a closed flat outline (d) a hue, like red or blue
  27. 27.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) from white to black (b) a moving dot’s path (c) gaps between things (d) how a surface feels
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a closed flat outline (b) from white to black (c) the area around objects (d) a moving dot’s path
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) texture
  31. 31.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) form (c) space (d) shape
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) texture (b) form (c) value (d) colour
  34. 34.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called line? (a) gaps between things (b) a long, thin mark (c) has height, width, depth (d) what a rainbow shows
  38. 38.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) what a rainbow shows (c) can be seen all round (d) a long, thin mark
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) line

Answer key

  1. a moving dot’s path
  2. line
  3. True
  4. 7
  5. True
  6. False
  7. texture
  8. texture
  9. False
  10. shape
  11. form
  12. a flat 2D area
  13. True
  14. shape
  15. easel
  16. True
  17. space
  18. value
  19. False
  20. the area around objects
  21. frame
  22. gaps between things
  23. True
  24. glue
  25. what a rainbow shows
  26. a hue, like red or blue
  27. False
  28. how a surface feels
  29. a closed flat outline
  30. colour
  31. False
  32. colour
  33. form
  34. True
  35. False
  36. False
  37. a long, thin mark
  38. False
  39. can be seen all round
  40. value

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