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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 360 · 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 “from white to black”? (a) form (b) colour (c) texture (d) value
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) colour (c) form (d) texture
  3. 3.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) what a rainbow shows (c) only length and width (d) a moving dot’s path
  5. 5.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) frame
  7. 7.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) space
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called space? (a) only length and width (b) what a rainbow shows (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) the area around objects
  9. 9.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a solid 3D object (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a moving dot’s path (d) from white to black
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) form (b) shape (c) line (d) colour
  12. 12.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) what a rainbow shows (c) how a surface feels (d) a moving dot’s path
  15. 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) from white to black (c) a closed flat outline (d) a solid 3D object
  17. 17.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called value? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) only length and width (c) how a surface feels (d) how light or dark it is
  21. 21.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) texture (c) colour (d) form
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) only length and width (c) has height, width, depth (d) from white to black
  24. 24.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) easel (c) value (d) line
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) texture (b) value (c) space (d) form
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a solid 3D object (b) how light or dark it is (c) looks furry or scaly (d) gaps between things
  27. 27.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) colour (c) shape (d) value
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) shape
  30. 30.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a flat 2D area (b) how a surface feels (c) a closed flat outline (d) gaps between things
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) colour (b) form (c) texture (d) shape
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) form (b) line (c) shape (d) space
  34. 34.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) value (d) form
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) form
  37. 37.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) texture
  39. 39.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. value
  2. line
  3. False
  4. what a rainbow shows
  5. 7
  6. frame
  7. texture
  8. the area around objects
  9. False
  10. a moving dot’s path
  11. form
  12. False
  13. True
  14. has height, width, depth
  15. glue
  16. a closed flat outline
  17. True
  18. False
  19. True
  20. how light or dark it is
  21. False
  22. space
  23. only length and width
  24. easel
  25. value
  26. gaps between things
  27. True
  28. form
  29. value
  30. True
  31. how a surface feels
  32. shape
  33. line
  34. True
  35. shape
  36. texture
  37. False
  38. shape
  39. True
  40. True

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