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

Answer key

  1. form
  2. shape
  3. frame
  4. line
  5. glue
  6. colour
  7. shape
  8. how light or dark it is
  9. 7
  10. from white to black
  11. value
  12. False
  13. True
  14. form
  15. False
  16. True
  17. colour
  18. a moving dot’s path
  19. line
  20. True
  21. shape
  22. a long, thin mark
  23. False
  24. a sense of near and far
  25. True
  26. easel
  27. False
  28. space
  29. True
  30. rough, smooth or bumpy
  31. texture
  32. how a surface feels
  33. True
  34. has height, width, depth
  35. space
  36. a solid 3D object
  37. can be seen all round
  38. False
  39. texture
  40. texture

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