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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 383 · 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 space? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) has height, width, depth (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a sense of near and far
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) shape (c) line (d) texture
  3. 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) frame (d) texture
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) form (c) easel (d) line
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) texture (c) form (d) space
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how a surface feels (b) looks furry or scaly (c) what a rainbow shows (d) can be seen all round
  8. 8.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) value (b) line (c) colour (d) space
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) a sense of near and far (c) a flat 2D area (d) from white to black
  12. 12.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) shape (b) value (c) space (d) colour
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) only length and width (d) a moving dot’s path
  15. 15.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a moving dot’s path (c) only length and width (d) a hue, like red or blue
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called line? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) has height, width, depth (c) a long, thin mark (d) from white to black
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) line (c) form (d) space
  19. 19.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) space (c) texture (d) value
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) space
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) shape (b) space (c) texture (d) form
  23. 23.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how light or dark it is (b) the area around objects (c) has height, width, depth (d) looks furry or scaly
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how a surface feels (b) gaps between things (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a flat 2D area
  26. 26.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called line? (a) can be seen all round (b) a moving dot’s path (c) only length and width (d) a sense of near and far
  29. 29.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) space (c) line (d) value
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) the area around objects (b) only length and width (c) how light or dark it is (d) how a surface feels
  31. 31.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) glue
  32. 32.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) from white to black (b) a solid 3D object (c) a closed flat outline (d) a sense of near and far
  34. 34.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) form (b) value (c) texture (d) colour
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a long, thin mark (c) from white to black (d) has height, width, depth
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) a moving dot’s path (c) gaps between things (d) has height, width, depth
  39. 39.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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