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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 459 · 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 of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) has height, width, depth (c) only length and width (d) looks furry or scaly
  2. 2.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) line (c) shape (d) value
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) colour
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) texture (b) form (c) space (d) value
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called value? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) how light or dark it is (c) a solid 3D object (d) a moving dot’s path
  7. 7.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a solid 3D object (c) gaps between things (d) a long, thin mark
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a sense of near and far (d) a closed flat outline
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a moving dot’s path (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a solid 3D object
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) space (b) colour (c) value (d) line
  12. 12.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) line (c) form (d) shape
  15. 15.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) easel (c) line (d) form
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  19. 19.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) glue (d) space
  20. 20.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a sense of near and far (c) how a surface feels (d) only length and width
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) colour
  23. 23.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) the area around objects (b) what a rainbow shows (c) only length and width (d) how a surface feels
  25. 25.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  26. 26.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) line (c) colour (d) form
  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 long, thin mark” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) how a surface feels
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) value
  33. 33.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a long, thin mark
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called line? (a) the area around objects (b) a sense of near and far (c) a moving dot’s path (d) can be seen all round
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) looks furry or scaly (c) from white to black (d) has height, width, depth
  38. 38.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) line (b) shape (c) colour (d) texture
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a closed flat outline (c) from white to black (d) a hue, like red or blue

Answer key

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

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