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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 515 · 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 “gaps between things”? (a) form (b) space (c) value (d) colour
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) how a surface feels (c) can be seen all round (d) how light or dark it is
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a moving dot’s path (c) the area around objects (d) a long, thin mark
  5. 5.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) space
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) colour (b) space (c) form (d) texture
  7. 7.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) form (b) line (c) colour (d) value
  10. 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) shape (c) glue (d) colour
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) value
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) space (c) texture (d) line
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a closed flat outline (b) from white to black (c) has height, width, depth (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a long, thin mark (c) gaps between things (d) a hue, like red or blue
  15. 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) frame (c) line (d) texture
  16. 16.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) value (c) line (d) easel
  17. 17.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) line (b) texture (c) colour (d) shape
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) line (c) form (d) shape
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a closed flat outline (c) a sense of near and far (d) from white to black
  22. 22.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) shape (c) form (d) colour
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a solid 3D object (b) can be seen all round (c) has height, width, depth (d) how light or dark it is
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) value (d) space
  26. 26.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) how a surface feels (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a closed flat outline
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) colour (b) space (c) value (d) form
  30. 30.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) texture (b) space (c) shape (d) line
  34. 34.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) line (b) shape (c) space (d) texture
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) colour (b) form (c) texture (d) shape
  37. 37.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) value (b) form (c) colour (d) texture
  40. 40.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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