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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 368 · 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 “can be seen all round”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) form
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) space (d) value
  4. 4.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) form (b) value (c) line (d) shape
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) line (b) shape (c) form (d) colour
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) line (d) form
  8. 8.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) frame (d) line
  11. 11.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) line (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how light or dark it is (b) has height, width, depth (c) how a surface feels (d) a long, thin mark
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) space (b) colour (c) value (d) texture
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) value (c) form (d) line
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) form (b) space (c) shape (d) value
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called value? (a) gaps between things (b) has height, width, depth (c) a long, thin mark (d) from white to black
  18. 18.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) value
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) form (d) line
  21. 21.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a flat 2D area (b) has height, width, depth (c) from white to black (d) a moving dot’s path
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called space? (a) only length and width (b) can be seen all round (c) how a surface feels (d) the area around objects
  24. 24.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called form? (a) gaps between things (b) a closed flat outline (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a solid 3D object
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) form (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
  27. 27.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a flat 2D area (d) how light or dark it is
  29. 29.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) glue
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) how light or dark it is
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called space? (a) from white to black (b) has height, width, depth (c) gaps between things (d) a flat 2D area
  33. 33.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) value (d) line
  36. 36.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a closed flat outline
  39. 39.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) form (c) value (d) line
  40. 40.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. form
  2. 7
  3. texture
  4. False
  5. shape
  6. shape
  7. line
  8. True
  9. False
  10. frame
  11. True
  12. colour
  13. how a surface feels
  14. texture
  15. value
  16. form
  17. from white to black
  18. True
  19. value
  20. shape
  21. False
  22. a moving dot’s path
  23. the area around objects
  24. False
  25. a solid 3D object
  26. texture
  27. False
  28. a flat 2D area
  29. True
  30. glue
  31. a hue, like red or blue
  32. gaps between things
  33. False
  34. False
  35. colour
  36. False
  37. False
  38. a closed flat outline
  39. easel
  40. False

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