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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 557 · 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 sense of near and far”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) value
  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 form? (a) a solid 3D object (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a closed flat outline (d) how a surface feels
  4. 4.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) looks furry or scaly (c) can be seen all round (d) has height, width, depth
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) space (d) value
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) space (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a flat 2D area (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a long, thin mark
  10. 10.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) line
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) how a surface feels (c) a solid 3D object (d) how light or dark it is
  13. 13.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) easel
  14. 14.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) shape (c) value (d) line
  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 “a closed flat outline”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) line (d) space
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) has height, width, depth (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a long, thin mark
  19. 19.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) glue
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) a long, thin mark (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a closed flat outline
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) texture
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called line? (a) from white to black (b) how light or dark it is (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a solid 3D object
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) colour (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
  27. 27.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) line (b) form (c) space (d) colour
  29. 29.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  31. 31.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  32. 32.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) form (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  35. 35.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a long, thin mark (c) a closed flat outline (d) how a surface feels
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) how light or dark it is (c) a solid 3D object (d) from white to black

Answer key

  1. space
  2. 7
  3. a solid 3D object
  4. True
  5. False
  6. looks furry or scaly
  7. texture
  8. line
  9. what a rainbow shows
  10. False
  11. space
  12. a sense of near and far
  13. easel
  14. True
  15. value
  16. False
  17. shape
  18. only length and width
  19. False
  20. False
  21. True
  22. glue
  23. from white to black
  24. colour
  25. a moving dot’s path
  26. shape
  27. True
  28. form
  29. True
  30. line
  31. texture
  32. True
  33. True
  34. space
  35. False
  36. True
  37. False
  38. False
  39. how a surface feels
  40. rough, smooth or bumpy

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