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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 375 · 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 the element called line? (a) the area around objects (b) a closed flat outline (c) a moving dot’s path (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  2. 2.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) texture (b) line (c) form (d) space
  4. 4.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) value (b) colour (c) line (d) texture
  6. 6.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how light or dark it is (b) only length and width (c) a sense of near and far (d) how a surface feels
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a closed flat outline (d) a sense of near and far
  9. 9.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) value (c) colour (d) texture
  11. 11.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) value (b) texture (c) space (d) form
  13. 13.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) shape (d) glue
  14. 14.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) space (b) form (c) texture (d) line
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) from white to black (b) a sense of near and far (c) how a surface feels (d) a closed flat outline
  17. 17.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) space
  18. 18.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a sense of near and far (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a flat 2D area
  20. 20.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) value (c) form (d) line
  23. 23.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) frame (d) texture
  24. 24.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) gaps between things (c) from white to black (d) how light or dark it is
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) colour
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) what a rainbow shows (c) the area around objects (d) only length and width
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a sense of near and far (b) can be seen all round (c) how light or dark it is (d) a flat 2D area
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) only length and width (d) a hue, like red or blue
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) can be seen all round (c) the area around objects (d) only length and width
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) value (c) form (d) shape
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how a surface feels (b) from white to black (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a solid 3D object
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) texture (b) value (c) colour (d) form
  34. 34.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) form (d) colour
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) has height, width, depth (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a moving dot’s path (d) how light or dark it is
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) value
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) space (b) shape (c) line (d) texture
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) form (d) shape
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) form

Answer key

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

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