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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 425 · 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: “from white to black” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) form (d) space
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) colour (c) value (d) texture
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) space (d) form
  5. 5.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) line (c) colour (d) value
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) looks furry or scaly (c) gaps between things (d) a solid 3D object
  9. 9.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) space
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) space (b) colour (c) shape (d) line
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  12. 12.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) form (b) shape (c) texture (d) line
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called value? (a) gaps between things (b) a moving dot’s path (c) the area around objects (d) from white to black
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) only length and width (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) the area around objects
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) colour (b) line (c) shape (d) form
  18. 18.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) easel (c) value (d) line
  19. 19.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) form (b) value (c) colour (d) shape
  22. 22.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) texture (d) value
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a solid 3D object (b) what a rainbow shows (c) can be seen all round (d) a closed flat outline
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called space? (a) only length and width (b) how a surface feels (c) a closed flat outline (d) a sense of near and far
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a long, thin mark (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a moving dot’s path (d) how light or dark it is
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a long, thin mark (b) looks furry or scaly (c) can be seen all round (d) what a rainbow shows
  28. 28.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  29. 29.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) form (b) colour (c) texture (d) shape
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) space (b) colour (c) line (d) texture
  32. 32.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a sense of near and far (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) from white to black
  36. 36.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) value (b) space (c) line (d) form
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how a surface feels (b) a long, thin mark (c) a moving dot’s path (d) from white to black
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) only length and width (c) how a surface feels (d) what a rainbow shows
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) a flat 2D area (c) what a rainbow shows (d) from white to black

Answer key

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

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