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

Answer key

  1. a moving dot’s path
  2. 7
  3. line
  4. looks furry or scaly
  5. texture
  6. True
  7. frame
  8. value
  9. form
  10. False
  11. True
  12. True
  13. glue
  14. True
  15. form
  16. from white to black
  17. True
  18. the area around objects
  19. False
  20. texture
  21. colour
  22. False
  23. False
  24. form
  25. has height, width, depth
  26. space
  27. space
  28. easel
  29. False
  30. line
  31. False
  32. can be seen all round
  33. a closed flat outline
  34. a flat 2D area
  35. True
  36. glue
  37. False
  38. False
  39. False
  40. only length and width

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