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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 295 · 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 line? (a) how a surface feels (b) the area around objects (c) a long, thin mark (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) colour
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) texture (b) value (c) shape (d) space
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
  6. 6.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  7. 7.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) a closed flat outline (c) a long, thin mark (d) a moving dot’s path
  9. 9.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) form (b) space (c) line (d) colour
  11. 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) frame
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) shape (b) form (c) texture (d) space
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) texture (d) form
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a closed flat outline (c) how a surface feels (d) gaps between things
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) can be seen all round (c) a flat 2D area (d) from white to black
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) has height, width, depth (c) from white to black (d) the area around objects
  17. 17.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) form (d) value
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a solid 3D object (b) how light or dark it is (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) looks furry or scaly
  19. 19.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) form (b) space (c) shape (d) value
  22. 22.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called line? (a) can be seen all round (b) only length and width (c) a moving dot’s path (d) the area around objects
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) space (c) texture (d) value
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) can be seen all round (c) a solid 3D object (d) a flat 2D area
  26. 26.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) texture
  29. 29.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) texture (c) line (d) form
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a flat 2D area (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) from white to black (d) a solid 3D object
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) line (c) colour (d) space
  33. 33.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how a surface feels (b) from white to black (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a sense of near and far
  35. 35.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) texture (b) space (c) line (d) value
  38. 38.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a long, thin mark
  2. value
  3. value
  4. value
  5. texture
  6. 7
  7. False
  8. a closed flat outline
  9. True
  10. colour
  11. frame
  12. space
  13. texture
  14. how a surface feels
  15. what a rainbow shows
  16. has height, width, depth
  17. easel
  18. how light or dark it is
  19. False
  20. texture
  21. form
  22. True
  23. a moving dot’s path
  24. shape
  25. a flat 2D area
  26. False
  27. True
  28. texture
  29. False
  30. space
  31. from white to black
  32. form
  33. True
  34. a sense of near and far
  35. False
  36. False
  37. space
  38. False
  39. True
  40. False

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