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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 306 · 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: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) from white to black (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a long, thin mark
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) line (d) shape
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called line? (a) only length and width (b) a moving dot’s path (c) how light or dark it is (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  8. 8.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) form
  11. 11.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) line (d) texture
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) line (d) form
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) line (b) form (c) space (d) colour
  14. 14.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) frame (d) line
  15. 15.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called line? (a) only length and width (b) a solid 3D object (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a long, thin mark
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) the area around objects (b) a moving dot’s path (c) what a rainbow shows (d) only length and width
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how light or dark it is (b) only length and width (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a long, thin mark
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) value (d) shape
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) line (c) form (d) value
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a closed flat outline (b) how light or dark it is (c) a moving dot’s path (d) can be seen all round
  23. 23.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) form (d) value
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) line (b) shape (c) form (d) colour
  27. 27.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) value (b) form (c) colour (d) texture
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how a surface feels (b) has height, width, depth (c) a closed flat outline (d) only length and width
  30. 30.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) looks furry or scaly (c) how a surface feels (d) the area around objects
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) shape (b) form (c) value (d) space
  33. 33.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a sense of near and far (c) has height, width, depth (d) a hue, like red or blue
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a sense of near and far (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a flat 2D area
  36. 36.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) colour (b) line (c) texture (d) form
  38. 38.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) colour
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) colour (b) value (c) shape (d) texture

Answer key

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

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