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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 593 · 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: “a closed flat outline” is the element called value. (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.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a flat 2D area (d) a sense of near and far
  4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) frame (c) texture (d) value
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a solid 3D object (b) can be seen all round (c) has height, width, depth (d) a moving dot’s path
  6. 6.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) space
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called line? (a) the area around objects (b) has height, width, depth (c) a long, thin mark (d) looks furry or scaly
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) shape (b) form (c) line (d) space
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) form (b) colour (c) shape (d) space
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a moving dot’s path (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) how a surface feels
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called form? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a flat 2D area (c) a solid 3D object (d) the area around objects
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) the area around objects (b) only length and width (c) a moving dot’s path (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
  15. 15.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) can be seen all round (b) how a surface feels (c) a sense of near and far (d) the area around objects
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) form (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a closed flat outline (c) a moving dot’s path (d) from white to black
  19. 19.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) easel (d) form
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) form (d) value
  22. 22.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) glue
  23. 23.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) only length and width (c) what a rainbow shows (d) looks furry or scaly
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a moving dot’s path (c) how a surface feels (d) from white to black
  26. 26.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) space (c) value (d) colour
  32. 32.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) has height, width, depth (d) looks furry or scaly
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) how a surface feels (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) has height, width, depth
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a flat 2D area (d) gaps between things
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) line (b) texture (c) form (d) value
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) value (b) space (c) colour (d) texture
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) texture (c) space (d) colour
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) from white to black (d) what a rainbow shows

Answer key

  1. False
  2. 7
  3. looks furry or scaly
  4. frame
  5. a moving dot’s path
  6. False
  7. texture
  8. a long, thin mark
  9. form
  10. space
  11. a flat 2D area
  12. a solid 3D object
  13. rough, smooth or bumpy
  14. value
  15. True
  16. how a surface feels
  17. space
  18. a closed flat outline
  19. True
  20. easel
  21. shape
  22. glue
  23. True
  24. only length and width
  25. how a surface feels
  26. True
  27. False
  28. False
  29. True
  30. True
  31. value
  32. False
  33. True
  34. a hue, like red or blue
  35. what a rainbow shows
  36. how light or dark it is
  37. form
  38. colour
  39. line
  40. can be seen all round

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