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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 263 · 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: “a solid 3D object” is the element called colour. (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 the element called colour? (a) a flat 2D area (b) has height, width, depth (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a solid 3D object
  4. 4.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) space (d) line
  5. 5.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) frame
  7. 7.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) value (c) shape (d) line
  9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) glue
  10. 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) value (c) easel (d) line
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) has height, width, depth (c) only length and width (d) from white to black
  12. 12.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) can be seen all round (b) how a surface feels (c) has height, width, depth (d) a solid 3D object
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) texture (b) value (c) colour (d) line
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) colour (c) space (d) shape
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  18. 18.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) form
  21. 21.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a solid 3D object (c) a closed flat outline (d) the area around objects
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) value (b) colour (c) space (d) line
  24. 24.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) line (b) texture (c) space (d) form
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called line? (a) from white to black (b) gaps between things (c) a sense of near and far (d) a long, thin mark
  27. 27.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) value (b) form (c) shape (d) colour
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called value? (a) can be seen all round (b) a flat 2D area (c) looks furry or scaly (d) how light or dark it is
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a flat 2D area (b) has height, width, depth (c) a moving dot’s path (d) gaps between things
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called form? (a) from white to black (b) a solid 3D object (c) how a surface feels (d) the area around objects
  32. 32.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a moving dot’s path (c) the area around objects (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  36. 36.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) colour (b) line (c) space (d) form
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) shape (d) form
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) texture (b) value (c) space (d) line
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) value (b) space (c) colour (d) texture

Answer key

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

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