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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 426 · 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.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  2. 2.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) can be seen all round (b) what a rainbow shows (c) how a surface feels (d) looks furry or scaly
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) shape (d) glue
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a long, thin mark (c) a solid 3D object (d) gaps between things
  8. 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) easel (c) value (d) form
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) line (b) form (c) texture (d) shape
  10. 10.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) space (b) colour (c) form (d) texture
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called line? (a) the area around objects (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a flat 2D area (d) a long, thin mark
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) value (b) line (c) form (d) shape
  16. 16.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) only length and width (c) how light or dark it is (d) looks furry or scaly
  18. 18.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) frame (d) texture
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how light or dark it is (b) what a rainbow shows (c) how a surface feels (d) a closed flat outline
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) colour
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a moving dot’s path (c) from white to black (d) only length and width
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how a surface feels (b) a solid 3D object (c) gaps between things (d) a hue, like red or blue
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) texture (b) form (c) shape (d) value
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called space? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a sense of near and far (c) only length and width (d) a flat 2D area
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) value (b) shape (c) line (d) colour
  28. 28.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) texture (b) form (c) shape (d) line
  30. 30.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) only length and width (d) the area around objects
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) what a rainbow shows (c) looks furry or scaly (d) how light or dark it is
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) texture (b) line (c) colour (d) space
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a closed flat outline (b) only length and width (c) looks furry or scaly (d) can be seen all round
  35. 35.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) value (c) colour (d) texture
  40. 40.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. False
  3. True
  4. True
  5. what a rainbow shows
  6. glue
  7. a solid 3D object
  8. easel
  9. texture
  10. False
  11. False
  12. texture
  13. a long, thin mark
  14. value
  15. shape
  16. True
  17. has height, width, depth
  18. True
  19. False
  20. frame
  21. a closed flat outline
  22. texture
  23. a moving dot’s path
  24. how a surface feels
  25. shape
  26. a sense of near and far
  27. value
  28. False
  29. line
  30. False
  31. only length and width
  32. looks furry or scaly
  33. space
  34. can be seen all round
  35. False
  36. True
  37. False
  38. False
  39. space
  40. False

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