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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 588 · 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) a long, thin mark (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a flat 2D area (d) has height, width, depth
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) texture (b) form (c) space (d) shape
  3. 3.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) from white to black (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a closed flat outline (d) a solid 3D object
  5. 5.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  6. 6.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) form (d) value
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) space
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) form (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
  10. 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) glue
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called line? (a) from white to black (b) can be seen all round (c) a moving dot’s path (d) how a surface feels
  12. 12.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a flat 2D area (d) looks furry or scaly
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) gaps between things (b) a closed flat outline (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a sense of near and far
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) texture (b) form (c) shape (d) colour
  17. 17.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) easel (c) value (d) form
  18. 18.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called space? (a) can be seen all round (b) a moving dot’s path (c) what a rainbow shows (d) the area around objects
  21. 21.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  23. 23.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) space (c) value (d) texture
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) line (b) value (c) space (d) shape
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  27. 27.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) has height, width, depth (b) can be seen all round (c) how a surface feels (d) what a rainbow shows
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called value? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a long, thin mark (c) from white to black (d) a closed flat outline
  30. 30.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) what a rainbow shows (d) can be seen all round
  32. 32.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) space (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) colour (b) space (c) texture (d) line
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called form? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) from white to black (c) has height, width, depth (d) the area around objects
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) space
  37. 37.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) space
  40. 40.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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