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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 475 · 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 element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) value
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) glue
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) from white to black (b) how a surface feels (c) what a rainbow shows (d) can be seen all round
  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 NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) form (c) value (d) line
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  8. 8.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) frame (c) value (d) line
  10. 10.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) form (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) a solid 3D object (c) has height, width, depth (d) a hue, like red or blue
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) space
  14. 14.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) shape (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) space (b) value (c) line (d) shape
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a solid 3D object (b) the area around objects (c) from white to black (d) a sense of near and far
  20. 20.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) form (b) value (c) colour (d) space
  22. 22.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) space (d) line
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) form (d) line
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) colour (b) value (c) line (d) form
  25. 25.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) can be seen all round (c) from white to black (d) a long, thin mark
  27. 27.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called value? (a) gaps between things (b) a closed flat outline (c) has height, width, depth (d) how light or dark it is
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) value (b) shape (c) line (d) space
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) shape (b) value (c) texture (d) colour
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) from white to black (b) a closed flat outline (c) a sense of near and far (d) a long, thin mark
  33. 33.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  37. 37.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a flat 2D area (b) can be seen all round (c) gaps between things (d) how a surface feels
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  40. 40.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. value
  2. line
  3. glue
  4. what a rainbow shows
  5. 7
  6. easel
  7. colour
  8. True
  9. frame
  10. True
  11. space
  12. the area around objects
  13. value
  14. True
  15. False
  16. space
  17. texture
  18. shape
  19. from white to black
  20. False
  21. value
  22. texture
  23. line
  24. form
  25. True
  26. a hue, like red or blue
  27. True
  28. False
  29. how light or dark it is
  30. space
  31. texture
  32. a closed flat outline
  33. False
  34. False
  35. False
  36. colour
  37. True
  38. how a surface feels
  39. shape
  40. False

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