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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 579 · 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: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) value
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) form (c) line (d) value
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) texture (c) shape (d) form
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) colour (c) space (d) shape
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  7. 7.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) line (c) space (d) form
  9. 9.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  10. 10.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) texture (b) space (c) colour (d) line
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called space? (a) can be seen all round (b) a sense of near and far (c) a closed flat outline (d) a flat 2D area
  13. 13.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) only length and width (c) has height, width, depth (d) a closed flat outline
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) shape (b) space (c) texture (d) value
  16. 16.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) value (b) form (c) space (d) shape
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) line (b) space (c) colour (d) form
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) space (b) value (c) shape (d) form
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) colour (b) value (c) space (d) texture
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) from white to black (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a solid 3D object
  22. 22.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a long, thin mark (c) looks furry or scaly (d) has height, width, depth
  24. 24.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) a closed flat outline (c) the area around objects (d) a hue, like red or blue
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) has height, width, depth (c) from white to black (d) a flat 2D area
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
  29. 29.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) line (d) texture
  33. 33.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) value (c) colour (d) texture
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  37. 37.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a sense of near and far (c) a long, thin mark (d) looks furry or scaly
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a sense of near and far (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a flat 2D area
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) space (b) shape (c) value (d) line

Answer key

  1. True
  2. shape
  3. easel
  4. shape
  5. glue
  6. frame
  7. 7
  8. colour
  9. texture
  10. False
  11. colour
  12. a sense of near and far
  13. True
  14. a long, thin mark
  15. space
  16. True
  17. form
  18. space
  19. form
  20. texture
  21. a solid 3D object
  22. False
  23. has height, width, depth
  24. False
  25. False
  26. a closed flat outline
  27. a flat 2D area
  28. line
  29. True
  30. True
  31. False
  32. texture
  33. True
  34. True
  35. space
  36. value
  37. True
  38. looks furry or scaly
  39. a hue, like red or blue
  40. value

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