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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 373 · 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 of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) glue (d) colour
  2. 2.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called value. (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 element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) line (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how light or dark it is (b) can be seen all round (c) a moving dot’s path (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  7. 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) easel (c) line (d) form
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) the area around objects (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a solid 3D object (d) how a surface feels
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a solid 3D object (c) from white to black (d) a long, thin mark
  11. 11.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how a surface feels (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) from white to black (d) a flat 2D area
  14. 14.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called space? (a) has height, width, depth (b) only length and width (c) gaps between things (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) colour (b) space (c) value (d) texture
  17. 17.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) frame (c) value (d) texture
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) can be seen all round (d) a flat 2D area
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how a surface feels (b) looks furry or scaly (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a sense of near and far
  20. 20.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how a surface feels (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a solid 3D object (d) how light or dark it is
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) space (b) shape (c) texture (d) line
  23. 23.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) form (b) colour (c) space (d) line
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) space (c) form (d) shape
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a closed flat outline (d) a solid 3D object
  28. 28.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) space (b) form (c) line (d) value
  31. 31.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) how light or dark it is (c) can be seen all round (d) a flat 2D area
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) texture (b) space (c) shape (d) form
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a long, thin mark (c) how a surface feels (d) a flat 2D area
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) shape (c) value (d) line
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) only length and width (d) gaps between things
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) colour (b) value (c) space (d) shape
  38. 38.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) space (b) colour (c) line (d) texture

Answer key

  1. glue
  2. True
  3. False
  4. 7
  5. space
  6. a moving dot’s path
  7. easel
  8. what a rainbow shows
  9. value
  10. a long, thin mark
  11. True
  12. False
  13. from white to black
  14. texture
  15. gaps between things
  16. space
  17. frame
  18. can be seen all round
  19. a sense of near and far
  20. False
  21. how light or dark it is
  22. line
  23. False
  24. True
  25. colour
  26. value
  27. a closed flat outline
  28. False
  29. False
  30. line
  31. False
  32. the area around objects
  33. shape
  34. how a surface feels
  35. shape
  36. a hue, like red or blue
  37. space
  38. True
  39. False
  40. colour

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