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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 541 · 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 of these is the element called shape? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a solid 3D object (c) gaps between things (d) only length and width
  2. 2.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a solid 3D object (c) only length and width (d) a flat 2D area
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  4. 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) shape (b) value (c) colour (d) form
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) space (c) texture (d) form
  7. 7.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) a closed flat outline (c) looks furry or scaly (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) form (d) easel
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) shape (c) texture (d) line
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) form (d) value
  12. 12.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) frame (c) texture (d) value
  13. 13.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a flat 2D area (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a closed flat outline
  16. 16.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) how light or dark it is (c) how a surface feels (d) a flat 2D area
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) line (b) colour (c) texture (d) value
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how a surface feels (b) from white to black (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) the area around objects
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) form (b) colour (c) value (d) shape
  22. 22.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) texture (d) space
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) form
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) texture (b) value (c) form (d) line
  26. 26.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a closed flat outline (c) how light or dark it is (d) a long, thin mark
  30. 30.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) texture (b) space (c) colour (d) form
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) line (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called value? (a) the area around objects (b) a moving dot’s path (c) how light or dark it is (d) what a rainbow shows
  35. 35.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  36. 36.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) how light or dark it is (c) how a surface feels (d) from white to black
  38. 38.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) value (b) shape (c) space (d) line
  40. 40.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. only length and width
  2. a solid 3D object
  3. line
  4. 7
  5. colour
  6. line
  7. False
  8. a closed flat outline
  9. easel
  10. value
  11. form
  12. frame
  13. False
  14. False
  15. a hue, like red or blue
  16. True
  17. True
  18. how a surface feels
  19. value
  20. the area around objects
  21. colour
  22. True
  23. space
  24. shape
  25. form
  26. False
  27. True
  28. False
  29. a long, thin mark
  30. False
  31. True
  32. form
  33. space
  34. how light or dark it is
  35. texture
  36. False
  37. can be seen all round
  38. False
  39. space
  40. True

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