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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 357 · 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 solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
  2. 2.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how a surface feels (b) what a rainbow shows (c) how light or dark it is (d) a flat 2D area
  6. 6.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) easel
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) line (c) value (d) form
  9. 9.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a solid 3D object (c) how a surface feels (d) a hue, like red or blue
  11. 11.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) only length and width (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) what a rainbow shows (d) gaps between things
  16. 16.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) frame (d) texture
  17. 17.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) shape (c) line (d) texture
  21. 21.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) texture (b) line (c) space (d) shape
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) has height, width, depth (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a hue, like red or blue
  24. 24.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) glue (c) shape (d) space
  25. 25.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) space
  27. 27.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a long, thin mark (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a hue, like red or blue
  29. 29.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) has height, width, depth (c) how a surface feels (d) can be seen all round
  31. 31.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) space (d) line
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) only length and width (c) a long, thin mark (d) what a rainbow shows
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a closed flat outline (b) gaps between things (c) has height, width, depth (d) how light or dark it is
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) form (c) texture (d) colour
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a closed flat outline (c) has height, width, depth (d) the area around objects
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) form (b) colour (c) texture (d) space
  37. 37.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) line (c) colour (d) texture
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) only length and width (c) looks furry or scaly (d) how light or dark it is
  40. 40.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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