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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 438 · 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: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) form (b) space (c) texture (d) line
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) looks furry or scaly (d) from white to black
  7. 7.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) texture (b) space (c) form (d) shape
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) looks furry or scaly (c) the area around objects (d) a flat 2D area
  10. 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) glue (c) space (d) shape
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) value (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
  12. 12.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) what a rainbow shows (c) can be seen all round (d) a long, thin mark
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called value? (a) can be seen all round (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a closed flat outline (d) from white to black
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called form? (a) gaps between things (b) how a surface feels (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a solid 3D object
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) shape (b) value (c) form (d) space
  20. 20.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a flat 2D area (d) a sense of near and far
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) line (b) colour (c) shape (d) texture
  24. 24.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) space
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) colour (b) line (c) space (d) form
  26. 26.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) value (c) form (d) line
  28. 28.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a long, thin mark (c) a flat 2D area (d) a sense of near and far
  30. 30.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) colour
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) texture (b) form (c) value (d) colour
  34. 34.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) looks furry or scaly (c) how a surface feels (d) a hue, like red or blue
  38. 38.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) colour (c) space (d) texture

Answer key

  1. True
  2. 7
  3. True
  4. True
  5. line
  6. a long, thin mark
  7. False
  8. shape
  9. looks furry or scaly
  10. glue
  11. value
  12. False
  13. False
  14. False
  15. True
  16. can be seen all round
  17. from white to black
  18. a solid 3D object
  19. space
  20. frame
  21. value
  22. a moving dot’s path
  23. texture
  24. texture
  25. space
  26. False
  27. texture
  28. True
  29. a hue, like red or blue
  30. False
  31. False
  32. shape
  33. value
  34. False
  35. True
  36. False
  37. the area around objects
  38. True
  39. False
  40. line

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