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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 275 · 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 moving dot’s path (b) a closed flat outline (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a long, thin mark
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) shape (c) value (d) line
  4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) value (d) form
  5. 5.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  6. 6.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called line? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) from white to black (c) gaps between things (d) a moving dot’s path
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) space (b) colour (c) value (d) shape
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a long, thin mark (c) a flat 2D area (d) can be seen all round
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) form (c) shape (d) line
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) space (d) form
  12. 12.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) shape (b) line (c) space (d) colour
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) line (b) form (c) texture (d) shape
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) space (d) texture
  16. 16.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) has height, width, depth (c) how light or dark it is (d) looks furry or scaly
  18. 18.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) texture
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) form (b) texture (c) space (d) shape
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a solid 3D object (c) a moving dot’s path (d) from white to black
  22. 22.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) form (b) shape (c) value (d) space
  24. 24.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) shape (b) line (c) space (d) form
  26. 26.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) line (c) shape (d) space
  28. 28.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a closed flat outline (b) from white to black (c) a flat 2D area (d) how a surface feels
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) form (c) colour (d) value
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a moving dot’s path (c) the area around objects (d) can be seen all round
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) line (b) shape (c) space (d) form
  34. 34.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a long, thin mark (c) can be seen all round (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  37. 37.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how light or dark it is (b) has height, width, depth (c) a long, thin mark (d) a solid 3D object
  39. 39.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) glue
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) shape (d) line

Answer key

  1. what a rainbow shows
  2. 7
  3. value
  4. easel
  5. texture
  6. False
  7. a moving dot’s path
  8. value
  9. a flat 2D area
  10. line
  11. space
  12. False
  13. colour
  14. form
  15. texture
  16. False
  17. only length and width
  18. False
  19. texture
  20. shape
  21. from white to black
  22. True
  23. space
  24. True
  25. form
  26. False
  27. colour
  28. False
  29. True
  30. how a surface feels
  31. line
  32. the area around objects
  33. space
  34. True
  35. False
  36. rough, smooth or bumpy
  37. True
  38. a long, thin mark
  39. glue
  40. texture

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