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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 305 · 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 “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) space (c) texture (d) form
  2. 2.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) space (d) line
  4. 4.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a moving dot’s path (c) looks furry or scaly (d) gaps between things
  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 sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) how a surface feels (c) looks furry or scaly (d) only length and width
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) form
  10. 10.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called space? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a flat 2D area (d) the area around objects
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) colour (b) form (c) shape (d) texture
  13. 13.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) what a rainbow shows (c) from white to black (d) only length and width
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how a surface feels (b) gaps between things (c) what a rainbow shows (d) can be seen all round
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) colour (b) space (c) line (d) texture
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) colour
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a solid 3D object (b) from white to black (c) a flat 2D area (d) has height, width, depth
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) line (c) colour (d) form
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a solid 3D object (c) from white to black (d) a closed flat outline
  23. 23.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) the area around objects (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a flat 2D area (d) what a rainbow shows
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) value (b) form (c) shape (d) colour
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) value (b) colour (c) texture (d) line
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a sense of near and far (c) a flat 2D area (d) how light or dark it is
  28. 28.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) colour (c) space (d) shape
  29. 29.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) frame (c) value (d) line
  30. 30.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) form (c) value (d) line
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) space (b) shape (c) line (d) form
  32. 32.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) shape (b) space (c) form (d) line
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) colour
  35. 35.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) space (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) colour (b) value (c) space (d) shape
  38. 38.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) value (c) texture (d) line

Answer key

  1. shape
  2. True
  3. texture
  4. True
  5. looks furry or scaly
  6. 7
  7. True
  8. how light or dark it is
  9. shape
  10. False
  11. the area around objects
  12. form
  13. False
  14. False
  15. False
  16. a long, thin mark
  17. gaps between things
  18. texture
  19. colour
  20. from white to black
  21. value
  22. a closed flat outline
  23. False
  24. what a rainbow shows
  25. colour
  26. value
  27. a hue, like red or blue
  28. glue
  29. frame
  30. easel
  31. line
  32. False
  33. form
  34. texture
  35. True
  36. line
  37. space
  38. True
  39. True
  40. value

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