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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 250 · 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) a closed flat outline (b) a long, thin mark (c) can be seen all round (d) a hue, like red or blue
  2. 2.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) frame
  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 sense of near and far”? (a) texture (b) form (c) shape (d) space
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) looks furry or scaly (c) what a rainbow shows (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a moving dot’s path (c) how light or dark it is (d) has height, width, depth
  7. 7.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how a surface feels (b) from white to black (c) a sense of near and far (d) a moving dot’s path
  10. 10.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called form? (a) gaps between things (b) a long, thin mark (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) can be seen all round
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) line (b) texture (c) colour (d) value
  13. 13.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) texture (b) line (c) space (d) value
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) has height, width, depth (c) gaps between things (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  16. 16.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called space? (a) from white to black (b) gaps between things (c) a moving dot’s path (d) can be seen all round
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) texture (b) space (c) value (d) line
  21. 21.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) easel (d) value
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a sense of near and far (c) how a surface feels (d) what a rainbow shows
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a sense of near and far (c) has height, width, depth (d) a closed flat outline
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called value? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a solid 3D object (d) how light or dark it is
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) shape (c) value (d) line
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a closed flat outline (b) from white to black (c) a sense of near and far (d) a solid 3D object
  28. 28.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) value (c) shape (d) space
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) form
  34. 34.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) colour (c) space (d) shape
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a flat 2D area (d) how a surface feels
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) texture (c) form (d) shape
  37. 37.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) form (c) shape (d) texture
  40. 40.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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