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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 348 · 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.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  2. 2.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) texture (b) space (c) value (d) line
  4. 4.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called value? (a) can be seen all round (b) how light or dark it is (c) a solid 3D object (d) gaps between things
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a closed flat outline (c) looks furry or scaly (d) has height, width, depth
  8. 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) shape (c) glue (d) colour
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a flat 2D area (b) the area around objects (c) a solid 3D object (d) has height, width, depth
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a flat 2D area (c) gaps between things (d) has height, width, depth
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) colour (b) line (c) shape (d) form
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) value (b) form (c) line (d) colour
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a closed flat outline (c) gaps between things (d) a solid 3D object
  14. 14.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) form (d) space
  16. 16.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  17. 17.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) what a rainbow shows (c) only length and width (d) a closed flat outline
  19. 19.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) frame (d) line
  20. 20.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) shape
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a solid 3D object (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) has height, width, depth
  24. 24.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) a closed flat outline (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) has height, width, depth
  28. 28.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) easel (c) line (d) value
  29. 29.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a long, thin mark (d) looks furry or scaly
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) from white to black (b) a flat 2D area (c) what a rainbow shows (d) how a surface feels
  33. 33.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) colour (b) value (c) texture (d) form
  35. 35.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.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) a solid 3D object
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a closed flat outline (b) can be seen all round (c) how a surface feels (d) a flat 2D area
  38. 38.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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