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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 507 · 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 “only length and width”? (a) form (b) space (c) shape (d) line
  2. 2.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) frame (c) line (d) value
  3. 3.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) space (b) texture (c) colour (d) shape
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) shape (c) form (d) line
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) line (c) form (d) space
  7. 7.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) texture
  9. 9.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  11. 11.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) gaps between things (c) only length and width (d) the area around objects
  14. 14.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a closed flat outline (c) a long, thin mark (d) how light or dark it is
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) line (b) space (c) value (d) texture
  18. 18.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) form (d) space
  21. 21.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) value (c) easel (d) line
  22. 22.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a long, thin mark (d) a flat 2D area
  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 value? (a) a closed flat outline (b) can be seen all round (c) from white to black (d) only length and width
  27. 27.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) how a surface feels (c) a solid 3D object (d) from white to black
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a sense of near and far (b) from white to black (c) a solid 3D object (d) only length and width
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a closed flat outline (b) gaps between things (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) from white to black
  31. 31.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) shape (c) glue (d) space
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) space (b) form (c) colour (d) texture
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) value (b) shape (c) space (d) form
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a solid 3D object (d) the area around objects
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) how light or dark it is (c) looks furry or scaly (d) has height, width, depth
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) value (b) shape (c) space (d) form
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) line (b) space (c) form (d) texture
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) texture (b) space (c) shape (d) line
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) how a surface feels (c) a long, thin mark (d) a sense of near and far

Answer key

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

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