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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 385 · 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) form (b) value (c) texture (d) colour
  2. 2.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  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 the element called line? (a) a sense of near and far (b) only length and width (c) a moving dot’s path (d) from white to black
  5. 5.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) texture (b) space (c) value (d) line
  7. 7.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called form? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) has height, width, depth (c) how a surface feels (d) a flat 2D area
  9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) frame (d) texture
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  12. 12.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  13. 13.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) from white to black (c) a flat 2D area (d) has height, width, depth
  15. 15.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) space (d) value
  17. 17.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) glue (d) shape
  18. 18.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) form (c) easel (d) line
  19. 19.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) value (d) texture
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a closed flat outline (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a long, thin mark
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) space (c) form (d) texture
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) colour
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) form (c) value (d) colour
  26. 26.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) colour
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a long, thin mark (d) what a rainbow shows
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called value? (a) has height, width, depth (b) from white to black (c) only length and width (d) can be seen all round
  30. 30.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) how a surface feels (c) can be seen all round (d) a flat 2D area
  33. 33.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a solid 3D object (b) how a surface feels (c) a long, thin mark (d) only length and width
  35. 35.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) colour (b) space (c) line (d) form
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) form (c) shape (d) line
  38. 38.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a long, thin mark (c) what a rainbow shows (d) how light or dark it is

Answer key

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

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