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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 42 · 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 “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) form (c) colour (d) space
  2. 2.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) form (c) shape (d) colour
  4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) frame (d) texture
  5. 5.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) a closed flat outline (c) a flat 2D area (d) how light or dark it is
  7. 7.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) how a surface feels (c) has height, width, depth (d) from white to black
  9. 9.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) has height, width, depth (b) how light or dark it is (c) a solid 3D object (d) a hue, like red or blue
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) form (c) value (d) colour
  12. 12.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) form (b) space (c) value (d) texture
  17. 17.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) space
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) value (d) colour
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) space (b) form (c) texture (d) line
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) colour
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a flat 2D area (c) has height, width, depth (d) from white to black
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a solid 3D object
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how a surface feels (b) the area around objects (c) what a rainbow shows (d) looks furry or scaly
  25. 25.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) form (b) line (c) colour (d) shape
  29. 29.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) easel
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a long, thin mark (c) a closed flat outline (d) how light or dark it is
  31. 31.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) texture (b) space (c) value (d) shape
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a sense of near and far (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a moving dot’s path (d) what a rainbow shows
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a moving dot’s path (d) from white to black
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) how light or dark it is (c) a long, thin mark (d) only length and width
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) form
  37. 37.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) glue (d) shape
  38. 38.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) colour (c) space (d) shape
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) line (b) space (c) form (d) colour

Answer key

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

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