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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 405 · 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.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  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) texture (b) frame (c) value (d) line
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) from white to black (c) gaps between things (d) the area around objects
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) line (d) form
  6. 6.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) shape (b) line (c) space (d) form
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
  9. 9.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) space (b) colour (c) texture (d) form
  11. 11.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a moving dot’s path (c) the area around objects (d) how a surface feels
  13. 13.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
  14. 14.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) value (c) space (d) shape
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a closed flat outline (c) a moving dot’s path (d) from white to black
  17. 17.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a solid 3D object (c) has height, width, depth (d) a hue, like red or blue
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) shape (c) texture (d) line
  20. 20.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) value (d) form
  21. 21.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a long, thin mark (d) gaps between things
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called line? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a flat 2D area
  26. 26.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) line (c) colour (d) space
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) has height, width, depth (c) only length and width (d) gaps between things
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) texture (b) space (c) value (d) shape
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) form
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) space (b) form (c) value (d) line
  32. 32.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a sense of near and far (c) a solid 3D object (d) only length and width
  34. 34.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called form? (a) from white to black (b) a solid 3D object (c) how a surface feels (d) the area around objects
  39. 39.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. 7
  3. frame
  4. has height, width, depth
  5. shape
  6. True
  7. space
  8. value
  9. False
  10. texture
  11. True
  12. how a surface feels
  13. glue
  14. False
  15. line
  16. a closed flat outline
  17. False
  18. a hue, like red or blue
  19. value
  20. easel
  21. False
  22. True
  23. texture
  24. from white to black
  25. a moving dot’s path
  26. True
  27. form
  28. only length and width
  29. space
  30. texture
  31. form
  32. True
  33. a sense of near and far
  34. False
  35. False
  36. False
  37. False
  38. a solid 3D object
  39. True
  40. True

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