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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 298 · 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: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called texture. (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 “a flat 2D area”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) value (d) line
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) colour
  5. 5.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  7. 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) frame (d) line
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) space (c) texture (d) shape
  10. 10.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) a solid 3D object (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a hue, like red or blue
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a solid 3D object (c) a long, thin mark (d) looks furry or scaly
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) only length and width (d) a long, thin mark
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) value (b) line (c) form (d) space
  16. 16.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called value? (a) the area around objects (b) how light or dark it is (c) a sense of near and far (d) gaps between things
  20. 20.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) easel
  21. 21.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) glue (c) shape (d) colour
  25. 25.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) can be seen all round (b) only length and width (c) a long, thin mark (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  27. 27.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a moving dot’s path
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) colour
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) colour (d) line
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) has height, width, depth (c) a flat 2D area (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) texture (b) line (c) colour (d) space
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called form? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) how a surface feels (c) can be seen all round (d) a sense of near and far
  37. 37.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) line (b) value (c) colour (d) form
  39. 39.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. 7
  3. shape
  4. shape
  5. False
  6. texture
  7. frame
  8. value
  9. shape
  10. False
  11. False
  12. the area around objects
  13. a solid 3D object
  14. a hue, like red or blue
  15. form
  16. False
  17. True
  18. False
  19. how light or dark it is
  20. easel
  21. False
  22. False
  23. True
  24. glue
  25. False
  26. rough, smooth or bumpy
  27. False
  28. True
  29. False
  30. False
  31. a flat 2D area
  32. colour
  33. colour
  34. what a rainbow shows
  35. space
  36. can be seen all round
  37. False
  38. form
  39. False
  40. True

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