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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 452 · 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: “how light or dark it is” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) colour (c) space (d) shape
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) space (c) texture (d) colour
  5. 5.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) space (c) texture (d) value
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) a solid 3D object (c) can be seen all round (d) how light or dark it is
  7. 7.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) a solid 3D object (c) a long, thin mark (d) from white to black
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) colour
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) line (b) shape (c) colour (d) form
  11. 11.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) value (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a flat 2D area (b) looks furry or scaly (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a long, thin mark
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
  15. 15.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) what a rainbow shows (c) only length and width (d) a sense of near and far
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a solid 3D object (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a long, thin mark
  18. 18.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) form (c) shape (d) texture
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a flat 2D area (b) what a rainbow shows (c) from white to black (d) has height, width, depth
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) form (b) space (c) line (d) shape
  22. 22.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a flat 2D area (d) a long, thin mark
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) only length and width (c) has height, width, depth (d) from white to black
  26. 26.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a closed flat outline (b) only length and width (c) from white to black (d) can be seen all round
  28. 28.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called space? (a) only length and width (b) looks furry or scaly (c) how a surface feels (d) gaps between things
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) space (d) line
  32. 32.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) frame (c) texture (d) line
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) form (d) value
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) value (b) form (c) space (d) texture
  35. 35.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) form (d) value
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) value (d) space
  37. 37.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a flat 2D area (b) the area around objects (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a hue, like red or blue
  39. 39.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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