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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 422 · 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) shape (c) space (d) line
  2. 2.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) what a rainbow shows (c) how light or dark it is (d) how a surface feels
  3. 3.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  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: “how light or dark it is” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a sense of near and far (c) can be seen all round (d) a solid 3D object
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called line? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) has height, width, depth (c) can be seen all round (d) a moving dot’s path
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) value (d) space
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) only length and width (b) a moving dot’s path (c) how light or dark it is (d) what a rainbow shows
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) the area around objects (c) a closed flat outline (d) can be seen all round
  11. 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) frame (d) value
  12. 12.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  13. 13.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) easel (c) line (d) value
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) space (b) form (c) line (d) colour
  15. 15.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) shape (c) colour (d) line
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) line (b) form (c) texture (d) colour
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) form (c) texture (d) shape
  21. 21.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a long, thin mark (c) from white to black (d) a solid 3D object
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) line (b) colour (c) value (d) space
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a solid 3D object (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a flat 2D area
  26. 26.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) glue
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) colour (b) space (c) texture (d) value
  28. 28.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) texture (b) line (c) colour (d) form
  31. 31.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) value (b) form (c) space (d) line
  33. 33.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) the area around objects (d) how a surface feels
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) value
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a closed flat outline (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) the area around objects
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) gaps between things (c) how a surface feels (d) only length and width
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a flat 2D area (b) only length and width (c) from white to black (d) looks furry or scaly
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) space (b) value (c) line (d) shape
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a long, thin mark (c) how light or dark it is (d) how a surface feels

Answer key

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

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