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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 522 · 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 “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) line (c) form (d) colour
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) form (b) space (c) value (d) line
  3. 3.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) glue
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) texture (b) form (c) shape (d) value
  7. 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) frame (d) texture
  8. 8.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  9. 9.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) line (d) shape
  12. 12.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a sense of near and far (b) how light or dark it is (c) how a surface feels (d) a hue, like red or blue
  14. 14.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a flat 2D area (c) a moving dot’s path (d) what a rainbow shows
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) the area around objects (d) from white to black
  18. 18.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) easel (c) value (d) form
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a closed flat outline (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a solid 3D object (d) a moving dot’s path
  20. 20.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) space
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how a surface feels (b) a moving dot’s path (c) has height, width, depth (d) a long, thin mark
  23. 23.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) line (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) space (c) shape (d) texture
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) the area around objects (b) what a rainbow shows (c) only length and width (d) a long, thin mark
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) form (b) texture (c) colour (d) space
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) form (d) space
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) colour (b) form (c) space (d) texture
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) colour (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  35. 35.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) form (c) shape (d) value
  38. 38.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. line
  2. space
  3. False
  4. glue
  5. value
  6. value
  7. frame
  8. 7
  9. True
  10. True
  11. line
  12. False
  13. a hue, like red or blue
  14. True
  15. True
  16. what a rainbow shows
  17. from white to black
  18. easel
  19. a moving dot’s path
  20. texture
  21. texture
  22. has height, width, depth
  23. False
  24. False
  25. False
  26. True
  27. True
  28. shape
  29. form
  30. only length and width
  31. form
  32. form
  33. space
  34. texture
  35. True
  36. False
  37. shape
  38. False
  39. True
  40. True

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