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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 286 · 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: “how light or dark it is” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) value (b) form (c) space (d) line
  3. 3.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a closed flat outline (b) has height, width, depth (c) the area around objects (d) a solid 3D object
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called value? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) from white to black (c) a moving dot’s path (d) the area around objects
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a flat 2D area (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a closed flat outline (d) gaps between things
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) form (b) shape (c) texture (d) colour
  8. 8.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
  10. 10.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) texture (d) line
  11. 11.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) colour (b) form (c) space (d) shape
  15. 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how a surface feels (b) a moving dot’s path (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a sense of near and far
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) shape (d) space
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) space
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) has height, width, depth (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a hue, like red or blue
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) colour
  21. 21.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) texture
  25. 25.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) colour (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) has height, width, depth (d) only length and width
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called line? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a flat 2D area (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a solid 3D object
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) line (b) space (c) form (d) value
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) only length and width (c) can be seen all round (d) a sense of near and far
  31. 31.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called line? (a) has height, width, depth (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a long, thin mark (d) how a surface feels
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) how a surface feels (c) only length and width (d) a solid 3D object
  35. 35.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) colour (b) space (c) form (d) shape
  37. 37.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) only length and width (c) from white to black (d) what a rainbow shows
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) line (b) form (c) shape (d) value
  40. 40.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) easel (d) value

Answer key

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

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