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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 399 · 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 “from white to black”? (a) space (b) value (c) colour (d) form
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) easel (c) line (d) value
  4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) glue (d) space
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) frame (c) value (d) line
  6. 6.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) space (d) line
  7. 7.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called line? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a long, thin mark (d) a sense of near and far
  10. 10.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) line (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) the area around objects (b) a long, thin mark (c) from white to black (d) how a surface feels
  16. 16.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  18. 18.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) space (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) space (d) line
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) value (d) form
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a solid 3D object (c) gaps between things (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  24. 24.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) has height, width, depth (c) a sense of near and far (d) looks furry or scaly
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) value
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) can be seen all round (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a flat 2D area
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) texture (c) line (d) space
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) form (d) line
  30. 30.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) shape
  34. 34.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a sense of near and far (c) a moving dot’s path (d) from white to black
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) how light or dark it is (d) can be seen all round
  37. 37.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) space (b) shape (c) texture (d) form
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) form (b) line (c) colour (d) space
  40. 40.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. value
  2. 7
  3. easel
  4. glue
  5. frame
  6. texture
  7. False
  8. True
  9. a long, thin mark
  10. False
  11. True
  12. False
  13. False
  14. space
  15. how a surface feels
  16. True
  17. value
  18. False
  19. True
  20. texture
  21. shape
  22. shape
  23. a solid 3D object
  24. False
  25. has height, width, depth
  26. value
  27. a flat 2D area
  28. line
  29. shape
  30. False
  31. True
  32. True
  33. form
  34. False
  35. a moving dot’s path
  36. how light or dark it is
  37. True
  38. texture
  39. form
  40. False

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