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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 570 · 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.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) glue (c) space (d) shape
  5. 5.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) frame
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called form? (a) the area around objects (b) has height, width, depth (c) a long, thin mark (d) a flat 2D area
  8. 8.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a long, thin mark (b) only length and width (c) from white to black (d) a closed flat outline
  10. 10.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) space (c) texture (d) value
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a solid 3D object (c) what a rainbow shows (d) looks furry or scaly
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) can be seen all round (c) looks furry or scaly (d) gaps between things
  13. 13.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) easel (d) value
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) space (c) value (d) form
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) colour (b) value (c) texture (d) space
  17. 17.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) line (b) shape (c) form (d) space
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a solid 3D object (c) what a rainbow shows (d) from white to black
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) value
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) how a surface feels (d) a closed flat outline
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a sense of near and far (b) gaps between things (c) a closed flat outline (d) a long, thin mark
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) line (c) texture (d) colour
  24. 24.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) space (b) colour (c) texture (d) line
  26. 26.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a sense of near and far (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a long, thin mark (d) what a rainbow shows
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) has height, width, depth (d) a long, thin mark
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called line? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) how light or dark it is (c) a moving dot’s path (d) what a rainbow shows
  30. 30.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) colour (c) form (d) shape
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called form? (a) gaps between things (b) from white to black (c) a closed flat outline (d) can be seen all round
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) a moving dot’s path (c) can be seen all round (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  34. 34.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) colour (b) form (c) shape (d) texture
  37. 37.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) form (c) texture (d) shape
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) space (c) line (d) value
  40. 40.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. True
  2. 7
  3. False
  4. glue
  5. False
  6. frame
  7. has height, width, depth
  8. True
  9. from white to black
  10. texture
  11. a solid 3D object
  12. gaps between things
  13. True
  14. easel
  15. texture
  16. space
  17. False
  18. form
  19. a closed flat outline
  20. value
  21. how a surface feels
  22. a long, thin mark
  23. line
  24. False
  25. texture
  26. True
  27. what a rainbow shows
  28. a hue, like red or blue
  29. a moving dot’s path
  30. False
  31. space
  32. can be seen all round
  33. the area around objects
  34. False
  35. False
  36. texture
  37. False
  38. line
  39. value
  40. True

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