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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 391 · 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) a long, thin mark (b) from white to black (c) what a rainbow shows (d) has height, width, depth
  2. 2.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) the area around objects (c) can be seen all round (d) a hue, like red or blue
  4. 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  5. 5.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) form
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) has height, width, depth (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) value
  10. 10.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how a surface feels (b) only length and width (c) from white to black (d) a moving dot’s path
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a solid 3D object (d) looks furry or scaly
  13. 13.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called value? (a) can be seen all round (b) only length and width (c) a sense of near and far (d) how light or dark it is
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) form (b) colour (c) shape (d) space
  17. 17.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) form (b) value (c) space (d) shape
  19. 19.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) form (d) value
  20. 20.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) shape (b) form (c) space (d) line
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) value (b) colour (c) line (d) texture
  23. 23.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) value (d) line
  25. 25.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) a closed flat outline (c) looks furry or scaly (d) gaps between things
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a sense of near and far (b) can be seen all round (c) a closed flat outline (d) a hue, like red or blue
  28. 28.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) line (b) shape (c) space (d) form
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) line (c) shape (d) value
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) line (c) form (d) space
  32. 32.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a flat 2D area (b) can be seen all round (c) the area around objects (d) a solid 3D object
  34. 34.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) glue (c) colour (d) shape
  35. 35.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) line
  38. 38.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) only length and width (b) what a rainbow shows (c) how a surface feels (d) how light or dark it is

Answer key

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

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