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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 315 · 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 NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) frame
  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 line? (a) how light or dark it is (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) only length and width (d) a moving dot’s path
  4. 4.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a moving dot’s path (c) what a rainbow shows (d) the area around objects
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) form (b) shape (c) value (d) line
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called space? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a sense of near and far (c) a flat 2D area (d) has height, width, depth
  9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) easel (c) form (d) line
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) space (d) line
  11. 11.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) shape (b) line (c) colour (d) texture
  14. 14.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how light or dark it is (b) can be seen all round (c) a long, thin mark (d) a sense of near and far
  16. 16.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a flat 2D area (c) a long, thin mark (d) a hue, like red or blue
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) shape (c) value (d) line
  19. 19.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) space (d) value
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a flat 2D area (d) a hue, like red or blue
  21. 21.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a long, thin mark (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) how light or dark it is
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) shape (d) value
  25. 25.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) glue
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) texture (b) value (c) form (d) line
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) gaps between things (b) a closed flat outline (c) only length and width (d) what a rainbow shows
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) texture (c) shape (d) value
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) has height, width, depth (c) how a surface feels (d) a sense of near and far
  30. 30.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) shape (b) value (c) space (d) colour
  32. 32.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) value (c) line (d) shape
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) only length and width (c) has height, width, depth (d) how a surface feels
  35. 35.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) line (c) colour (d) form
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a closed flat outline (b) what a rainbow shows (c) how a surface feels (d) a hue, like red or blue
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a flat 2D area (d) looks furry or scaly
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) form (c) shape (d) value
  40. 40.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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