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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 342 · 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 is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) line (c) form (d) texture
  2. 2.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) form (c) line (d) easel
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) looks furry or scaly (c) can be seen all round (d) a solid 3D object
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) value (b) shape (c) colour (d) form
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  6. 6.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  7. 7.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) how a surface feels (d) only length and width
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a sense of near and far (b) can be seen all round (c) a closed flat outline (d) a flat 2D area
  10. 10.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) glue (c) shape (d) colour
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) has height, width, depth (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) how light or dark it is
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) shape (b) line (c) form (d) space
  14. 14.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a flat 2D area (b) how a surface feels (c) a long, thin mark (d) can be seen all round
  17. 17.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a flat 2D area (b) only length and width (c) a long, thin mark (d) a sense of near and far
  19. 19.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) frame
  20. 20.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) colour (b) form (c) value (d) space
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a solid 3D object (c) the area around objects (d) a long, thin mark
  23. 23.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) value (c) form (d) line
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) space (b) value (c) line (d) shape
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) what a rainbow shows (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a long, thin mark
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) line (c) colour (d) form
  28. 28.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) value (b) shape (c) form (d) space
  30. 30.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) form (b) shape (c) texture (d) line
  32. 32.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a flat 2D area (b) how light or dark it is (c) what a rainbow shows (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  36. 36.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (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 “how a surface feels”? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) colour
  39. 39.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a long, thin mark (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a flat 2D area

Answer key

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

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