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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 297 · 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 element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) form (d) space
  2. 2.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a closed flat outline (b) gaps between things (c) a flat 2D area (d) how a surface feels
  3. 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  4. 4.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) glue (d) shape
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) how light or dark it is (c) only length and width (d) a long, thin mark
  7. 7.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how a surface feels (b) the area around objects (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a closed flat outline
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) form (c) value (d) colour
  10. 10.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) value (c) easel (d) line
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) space (b) texture (c) shape (d) colour
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) form (b) colour (c) texture (d) value
  14. 14.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a sense of near and far (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a moving dot’s path (d) what a rainbow shows
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) space (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  18. 18.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called space? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a sense of near and far (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a flat 2D area
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how a surface feels (b) a solid 3D object (c) a closed flat outline (d) a moving dot’s path
  22. 22.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) texture
  24. 24.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  26. 26.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) frame
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) form (d) shape
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) form (c) colour (d) line
  30. 30.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how a surface feels (b) a long, thin mark (c) from white to black (d) what a rainbow shows
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) how light or dark it is (c) a flat 2D area (d) a sense of near and far
  35. 35.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) the area around objects (c) only length and width (d) gaps between things
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) form (c) shape (d) texture
  38. 38.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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