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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 283 · 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: “from white to black” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) shape (b) space (c) line (d) value
  3. 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) easel (d) value
  5. 5.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) colour (b) form (c) shape (d) texture
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) value
  8. 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how light or dark it is (b) can be seen all round (c) how a surface feels (d) a closed flat outline
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) form (d) line
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) only length and width (c) how light or dark it is (d) a hue, like red or blue
  12. 12.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) space
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) space (d) form
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) how a surface feels (c) can be seen all round (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a sense of near and far (d) a flat 2D area
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how a surface feels (b) only length and width (c) a sense of near and far (d) can be seen all round
  18. 18.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) colour (b) form (c) line (d) value
  22. 22.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) value (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) the area around objects (b) gaps between things (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) what a rainbow shows
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) value (d) colour
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) value (b) texture (c) space (d) colour
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) line (d) value
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called form? (a) from white to black (b) can be seen all round (c) a sense of near and far (d) a closed flat outline
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) line (b) texture (c) form (d) space
  30. 30.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called form? (a) the area around objects (b) looks furry or scaly (c) how light or dark it is (d) has height, width, depth
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) value (d) line
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a flat 2D area (b) only length and width (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a long, thin mark
  35. 35.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) shape (c) glue (d) space
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) what a rainbow shows (c) how a surface feels (d) a moving dot’s path
  37. 37.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. False
  2. space
  3. 7
  4. easel
  5. texture
  6. form
  7. value
  8. frame
  9. a closed flat outline
  10. form
  11. only length and width
  12. False
  13. value
  14. form
  15. a flat 2D area
  16. looks furry or scaly
  17. a sense of near and far
  18. True
  19. False
  20. True
  21. line
  22. False
  23. space
  24. rough, smooth or bumpy
  25. colour
  26. colour
  27. value
  28. can be seen all round
  29. texture
  30. False
  31. False
  32. has height, width, depth
  33. shape
  34. a long, thin mark
  35. glue
  36. how light or dark it is
  37. False
  38. True
  39. True
  40. True

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