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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 556 · 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) only length and width (b) looks furry or scaly (c) what a rainbow shows (d) from white to black
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) form (d) space
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) space (b) colour (c) line (d) value
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) space (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) space (b) colour (c) texture (d) form
  6. 6.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  7. 7.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) colour (b) space (c) value (d) line
  13. 13.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) easel (d) form
  14. 14.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) glue (c) shape (d) colour
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) line (b) colour (c) shape (d) form
  16. 16.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) form (c) shape (d) space
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) how a surface feels (c) only length and width (d) from white to black
  19. 19.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) frame (c) value (d) line
  20. 20.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) shape
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) space
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a closed flat outline (c) gaps between things (d) a solid 3D object
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a sense of near and far (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) gaps between things
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a long, thin mark (c) a flat 2D area (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) form (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a sense of near and far (d) can be seen all round
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) line (b) space (c) form (d) shape
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called line? (a) from white to black (b) has height, width, depth (c) a moving dot’s path (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  30. 30.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) value (b) colour (c) texture (d) shape
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) line (b) colour (c) form (d) texture
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) colour
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how a surface feels (b) a closed flat outline (c) can be seen all round (d) looks furry or scaly
  36. 36.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) line (b) shape (c) colour (d) form
  38. 38.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  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. shape
  3. value
  4. texture
  5. colour
  6. 7
  7. False
  8. True
  9. True
  10. True
  11. False
  12. space
  13. easel
  14. glue
  15. shape
  16. False
  17. colour
  18. how a surface feels
  19. frame
  20. True
  21. value
  22. shape
  23. a closed flat outline
  24. a hue, like red or blue
  25. a flat 2D area
  26. line
  27. a sense of near and far
  28. space
  29. a moving dot’s path
  30. True
  31. texture
  32. texture
  33. form
  34. line
  35. can be seen all round
  36. False
  37. form
  38. False
  39. False
  40. True

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