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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 578 · 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: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is the element called form? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) the area around objects (c) can be seen all round (d) a flat 2D area
  3. 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) form (c) line (d) space
  5. 5.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) the area around objects (b) a long, thin mark (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a flat 2D area
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) form (d) space
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a closed flat outline (d) a sense of near and far
  9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) easel (c) value (d) form
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a closed flat outline (d) a flat 2D area
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) line (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
  12. 12.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) shape (b) line (c) texture (d) colour
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) space (d) value
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) form (b) colour (c) line (d) space
  18. 18.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) frame (c) line (d) value
  19. 19.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a sense of near and far (b) has height, width, depth (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a moving dot’s path
  21. 21.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a long, thin mark (c) a flat 2D area (d) gaps between things
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) value
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a solid 3D object (b) what a rainbow shows (c) the area around objects (d) a long, thin mark
  25. 25.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) value (b) form (c) shape (d) space
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) space (c) form (d) texture
  28. 28.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) looks furry or scaly (c) gaps between things (d) how a surface feels
  30. 30.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how a surface feels (b) from white to black (c) only length and width (d) a long, thin mark
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) has height, width, depth (c) only length and width (d) a solid 3D object
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) value (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) shape (b) line (c) texture (d) form
  36. 36.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) space (c) colour (d) line

Answer key

  1. True
  2. can be seen all round
  3. 7
  4. colour
  5. texture
  6. a flat 2D area
  7. colour
  8. looks furry or scaly
  9. easel
  10. rough, smooth or bumpy
  11. shape
  12. False
  13. True
  14. False
  15. texture
  16. texture
  17. space
  18. frame
  19. False
  20. has height, width, depth
  21. False
  22. gaps between things
  23. value
  24. a long, thin mark
  25. False
  26. form
  27. value
  28. False
  29. from white to black
  30. False
  31. True
  32. how a surface feels
  33. only length and width
  34. space
  35. texture
  36. True
  37. True
  38. False
  39. False
  40. line

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