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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 41 · 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 “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) line (d) value
  2. 2.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) texture
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) from white to black (b) a closed flat outline (c) can be seen all round (d) how a surface feels
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) gaps between things (c) how light or dark it is (d) looks furry or scaly
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how light or dark it is (b) gaps between things (c) only length and width (d) looks furry or scaly
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) value (b) shape (c) texture (d) colour
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) gaps between things (c) a sense of near and far (d) how a surface feels
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) texture (b) space (c) form (d) colour
  12. 12.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) line
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) value (b) form (c) texture (d) line
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called line? (a) can be seen all round (b) a long, thin mark (c) has height, width, depth (d) a flat 2D area
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a solid 3D object (b) from white to black (c) has height, width, depth (d) a closed flat outline
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a long, thin mark (c) how a surface feels (d) a sense of near and far
  19. 19.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a long, thin mark (c) what a rainbow shows (d) looks furry or scaly
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) line (d) space
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) texture (b) value (c) shape (d) form
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) line (c) colour (d) form
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a sense of near and far (c) a flat 2D area (d) how light or dark it is
  26. 26.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) form (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
  28. 28.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) glue (d) space
  29. 29.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) shape
  33. 33.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) colour
  36. 36.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called value? (a) has height, width, depth (b) looks furry or scaly (c) gaps between things (d) how light or dark it is
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) space
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) shape (d) line

Answer key

  1. value
  2. True
  3. True
  4. True
  5. texture
  6. a closed flat outline
  7. looks furry or scaly
  8. gaps between things
  9. shape
  10. how a surface feels
  11. form
  12. 7
  13. line
  14. form
  15. a long, thin mark
  16. from white to black
  17. value
  18. a sense of near and far
  19. False
  20. texture
  21. what a rainbow shows
  22. colour
  23. shape
  24. space
  25. a flat 2D area
  26. frame
  27. texture
  28. glue
  29. False
  30. False
  31. True
  32. line
  33. True
  34. False
  35. colour
  36. True
  37. True
  38. how light or dark it is
  39. value
  40. shape

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