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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 338 · 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) shape (b) colour (c) glue (d) space
  2. 2.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how a surface feels (b) a moving dot’s path (c) the area around objects (d) a flat 2D area
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) frame (d) value
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  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: “how light or dark it is” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a flat 2D area (b) only length and width (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a solid 3D object
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) space (c) form (d) line
  9. 9.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) space
  10. 10.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) easel (d) form
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
  14. 14.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called line? (a) gaps between things (b) a sense of near and far (c) a flat 2D area (d) a long, thin mark
  17. 17.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how light or dark it is (b) can be seen all round (c) a flat 2D area (d) a hue, like red or blue
  19. 19.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) form (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
  21. 21.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) a flat 2D area (c) has height, width, depth (d) a long, thin mark
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) form
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) form (b) shape (c) line (d) value
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) space (c) line (d) texture
  27. 27.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) from white to black (c) what a rainbow shows (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  29. 29.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) looks furry or scaly (c) gaps between things (d) a flat 2D area
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called space? (a) can be seen all round (b) a closed flat outline (c) the area around objects (d) from white to black
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) line (b) shape (c) form (d) colour
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a long, thin mark (c) a flat 2D area (d) only length and width
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) gaps between things (c) how light or dark it is (d) a closed flat outline
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) line (b) shape (c) colour (d) value
  36. 36.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called space? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a solid 3D object (c) a sense of near and far (d) how a surface feels
  38. 38.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) form (d) line
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called space? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a sense of near and far (c) from white to black (d) can be seen all round

Answer key

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

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