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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 464 · 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 long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) the area around objects (c) a flat 2D area (d) gaps between things
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) line (d) shape
  5. 5.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called line? (a) can be seen all round (b) a long, thin mark (c) gaps between things (d) only length and width
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a sense of near and far (d) gaps between things
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) only length and width (c) from white to black (d) a closed flat outline
  9. 9.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a moving dot’s path (c) gaps between things (d) has height, width, depth
  11. 11.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) texture (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) how a surface feels (c) a long, thin mark (d) how light or dark it is
  14. 14.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a long, thin mark (b) only length and width (c) the area around objects (d) a hue, like red or blue
  17. 17.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) form (c) line (d) value
  18. 18.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) has height, width, depth (c) from white to black (d) how light or dark it is
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) shape (c) line (d) colour
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) space
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) line (c) form (d) shape
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) shape (c) line (d) texture
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) space (b) form (c) texture (d) line
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) from white to black (c) how light or dark it is (d) can be seen all round
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) how light or dark it is (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a sense of near and far
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) form (c) space (d) colour
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a closed flat outline (d) from white to black
  29. 29.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) glue (c) space (d) colour
  31. 31.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) space (d) value
  33. 33.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) value (d) space
  36. 36.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) form (b) value (c) texture (d) space
  38. 38.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. frame
  3. a flat 2D area
  4. texture
  5. 7
  6. a long, thin mark
  7. can be seen all round
  8. gaps between things
  9. False
  10. has height, width, depth
  11. False
  12. shape
  13. how a surface feels
  14. True
  15. texture
  16. a hue, like red or blue
  17. easel
  18. True
  19. only length and width
  20. line
  21. space
  22. line
  23. value
  24. texture
  25. the area around objects
  26. a moving dot’s path
  27. shape
  28. a sense of near and far
  29. True
  30. glue
  31. True
  32. value
  33. True
  34. True
  35. value
  36. False
  37. texture
  38. False
  39. True
  40. False

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