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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 319 · 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 the element called colour? (a) has height, width, depth (b) how light or dark it is (c) a sense of near and far (d) what a rainbow shows
  2. 2.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) texture (d) line
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  4. 4.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) shape (b) line (c) texture (d) form
  7. 7.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a flat 2D area (b) the area around objects (c) how light or dark it is (d) looks furry or scaly
  9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) easel
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) form (c) texture (d) space
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) space (b) colour (c) texture (d) value
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) value (b) colour (c) texture (d) form
  13. 13.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a closed flat outline (c) a solid 3D object (d) looks furry or scaly
  16. 16.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a closed flat outline (b) only length and width (c) a flat 2D area (d) from white to black
  18. 18.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) colour (c) texture (d) line
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) form (b) shape (c) texture (d) line
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) from white to black (c) a solid 3D object (d) the area around objects
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) shape (c) texture (d) line
  23. 23.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) colour (c) space (d) shape
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a solid 3D object (c) only length and width (d) the area around objects
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) shape (b) value (c) form (d) space
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) colour (b) space (c) line (d) shape
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) has height, width, depth (c) a flat 2D area (d) what a rainbow shows
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) the area around objects (c) how a surface feels (d) only length and width
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) space (b) form (c) value (d) shape
  30. 30.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) form (b) texture (c) colour (d) shape
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) form (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a sense of near and far (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a moving dot’s path (d) the area around objects
  34. 34.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) line (b) shape (c) form (d) texture
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) from white to black (c) a long, thin mark (d) a solid 3D object
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called line? (a) only length and width (b) what a rainbow shows (c) can be seen all round (d) a moving dot’s path
  40. 40.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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