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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 336 · 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 line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a closed flat outline (c) what a rainbow shows (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  2. 2.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) glue (c) colour (d) shape
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) shape (c) value (d) line
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a solid 3D object (b) how light or dark it is (c) a sense of near and far (d) a long, thin mark
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) shape (b) form (c) line (d) space
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a flat 2D area (c) gaps between things (d) a long, thin mark
  7. 7.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  8. 8.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) line (d) texture
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) space
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) colour (b) line (c) space (d) shape
  11. 11.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) shape (c) line (d) colour
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) line (b) value (c) space (d) colour
  15. 15.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) value (b) texture (c) form (d) colour
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) line (c) value (d) form
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) form
  19. 19.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a sense of near and far (c) a solid 3D object (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  22. 22.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) frame (c) texture (d) line
  24. 24.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) gaps between things (c) only length and width (d) can be seen all round
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a solid 3D object (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) looks furry or scaly (d) the area around objects
  27. 27.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a closed flat outline (b) from white to black (c) how light or dark it is (d) a moving dot’s path
  29. 29.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a sense of near and far (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  32. 32.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) form (d) value
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a moving dot’s path (d) can be seen all round
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) colour (b) line (c) form (d) texture
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how a surface feels (b) a sense of near and far (c) can be seen all round (d) gaps between things
  36. 36.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) form (b) colour (c) line (d) space
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  40. 40.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. a long, thin mark
  2. glue
  3. space
  4. a sense of near and far
  5. space
  6. a flat 2D area
  7. 7
  8. texture
  9. space
  10. shape
  11. False
  12. texture
  13. line
  14. value
  15. False
  16. form
  17. colour
  18. form
  19. False
  20. True
  21. a solid 3D object
  22. False
  23. frame
  24. False
  25. only length and width
  26. the area around objects
  27. True
  28. a closed flat outline
  29. True
  30. False
  31. a hue, like red or blue
  32. easel
  33. from white to black
  34. texture
  35. how a surface feels
  36. True
  37. True
  38. colour
  39. value
  40. False

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