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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 317 · 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 tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) shape
  2. 2.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) form (c) value (d) texture
  4. 4.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  5. 5.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  6. 6.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) value (b) form (c) colour (d) texture
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) can be seen all round (b) a moving dot’s path (c) how light or dark it is (d) looks furry or scaly
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) value (c) colour (d) form
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a closed flat outline (c) what a rainbow shows (d) can be seen all round
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) shape (b) line (c) space (d) colour
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) value
  13. 13.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how a surface feels (b) how light or dark it is (c) a solid 3D object (d) can be seen all round
  15. 15.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) a moving dot’s path
  16. 16.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) frame (c) value (d) texture
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called form? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) has height, width, depth (c) the area around objects (d) a moving dot’s path
  18. 18.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) gaps between things (c) how a surface feels (d) a flat 2D area
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how light or dark it is (b) how a surface feels (c) the area around objects (d) a moving dot’s path
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a solid 3D object (b) the area around objects (c) a flat 2D area (d) a long, thin mark
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called space? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a solid 3D object (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a sense of near and far
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how light or dark it is (b) has height, width, depth (c) from white to black (d) a flat 2D area
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) space (b) shape (c) value (d) texture
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) form
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) a long, thin mark (c) how light or dark it is (d) a closed flat outline
  27. 27.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) glue
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) has height, width, depth (c) how a surface feels (d) the area around objects
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) the area around objects (c) how a surface feels (d) a solid 3D object
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) form (c) shape (d) colour
  32. 32.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) can be seen all round (c) a moving dot’s path (d) how light or dark it is
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) form (d) colour
  37. 37.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called form? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a solid 3D object (c) how light or dark it is (d) a sense of near and far
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) space
  40. 40.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?

Answer key

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

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