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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 48 · 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 is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) value (c) shape (d) line
  2. 2.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  4. 4.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) glue (d) colour
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) a flat 2D area (c) a long, thin mark (d) the area around objects
  7. 7.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a solid 3D object (d) has height, width, depth
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called value? (a) the area around objects (b) from white to black (c) a long, thin mark (d) a hue, like red or blue
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called line? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) gaps between things (c) how a surface feels (d) a long, thin mark
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a flat 2D area (b) gaps between things (c) looks furry or scaly (d) how light or dark it is
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) space
  15. 15.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) space (c) texture (d) value
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) space (b) colour (c) form (d) shape
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) colour (c) line (d) value
  19. 19.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) colour (b) form (c) line (d) texture
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) looks furry or scaly (c) how light or dark it is (d) can be seen all round
  22. 22.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a closed flat outline (b) from white to black (c) a sense of near and far (d) can be seen all round
  24. 24.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) easel (c) form (d) line
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) line (b) texture (c) colour (d) shape
  26. 26.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) form (c) colour (d) line
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) space (b) texture (c) line (d) shape
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a flat 2D area (c) from white to black (d) what a rainbow shows
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) space (d) line
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a flat 2D area (b) how a surface feels (c) only length and width (d) has height, width, depth
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) shape (b) form (c) texture (d) line
  34. 34.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) value (b) shape (c) form (d) texture
  39. 39.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) line (c) texture (d) value

Answer key

  1. texture
  2. False
  3. 7
  4. True
  5. glue
  6. a flat 2D area
  7. True
  8. False
  9. value
  10. a moving dot’s path
  11. from white to black
  12. a long, thin mark
  13. gaps between things
  14. space
  15. False
  16. texture
  17. colour
  18. line
  19. True
  20. texture
  21. can be seen all round
  22. False
  23. a closed flat outline
  24. easel
  25. shape
  26. True
  27. False
  28. space
  29. texture
  30. looks furry or scaly
  31. space
  32. how a surface feels
  33. form
  34. True
  35. False
  36. False
  37. True
  38. form
  39. False
  40. frame

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