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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 279 · 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: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (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 element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) shape (b) value (c) space (d) colour
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) colour (b) form (c) line (d) shape
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) line (c) colour (d) shape
  6. 6.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) texture (d) line
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) form (c) colour (d) space
  9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) value (d) form
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a flat 2D area (c) a long, thin mark (d) what a rainbow shows
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a closed flat outline (d) a long, thin mark
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) form (c) colour (d) shape
  13. 13.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) shape (c) space (d) glue
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) the area around objects (b) a solid 3D object (c) only length and width (d) how a surface feels
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) shape (b) line (c) texture (d) colour
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a solid 3D object (c) has height, width, depth (d) a long, thin mark
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) space (b) shape (c) form (d) colour
  20. 20.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) frame
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) value
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) what a rainbow shows (c) how a surface feels (d) how light or dark it is
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) value
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) space (c) line (d) colour
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called space? (a) from white to black (b) a long, thin mark (c) a closed flat outline (d) the area around objects
  28. 28.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a solid 3D object
  31. 31.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called value? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a moving dot’s path (c) from white to black (d) how a surface feels
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) form (b) texture (c) colour (d) space
  34. 34.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) a solid 3D object (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a flat 2D area
  38. 38.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a sense of near and far (d) what a rainbow shows
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) how a surface feels (c) has height, width, depth (d) gaps between things

Answer key

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

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