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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 606 · 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 value? (a) a closed flat outline (b) from white to black (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a sense of near and far
  2. 2.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) easel (c) form (d) line
  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 “only length and width”? (a) value (b) colour (c) space (d) shape
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) value
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) line (b) form (c) shape (d) space
  7. 7.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) how a surface feels (c) a moving dot’s path (d) the area around objects
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
  11. 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) frame (d) line
  12. 12.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) line
  14. 14.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) from white to black (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a closed flat outline (d) can be seen all round
  18. 18.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called form? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a solid 3D object (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a moving dot’s path
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) colour (b) space (c) value (d) texture
  21. 21.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  22. 22.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) shape (d) form
  24. 24.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called line? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a long, thin mark (c) the area around objects (d) only length and width
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) form
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) has height, width, depth (c) can be seen all round (d) how a surface feels
  28. 28.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) shape (c) glue (d) space
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) space (c) texture (d) colour
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) how light or dark it is (c) only length and width (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) from white to black (c) gaps between things (d) what a rainbow shows
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) the area around objects (c) how light or dark it is (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) texture
  36. 36.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a long, thin mark (d) from white to black
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) line (b) texture (c) colour (d) value
  39. 39.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. from white to black
  2. easel
  3. 7
  4. shape
  5. value
  6. form
  7. False
  8. True
  9. the area around objects
  10. texture
  11. frame
  12. False
  13. shape
  14. False
  15. False
  16. True
  17. a closed flat outline
  18. True
  19. a solid 3D object
  20. space
  21. texture
  22. True
  23. texture
  24. True
  25. a long, thin mark
  26. value
  27. a moving dot’s path
  28. False
  29. False
  30. glue
  31. line
  32. rough, smooth or bumpy
  33. looks furry or scaly
  34. only length and width
  35. value
  36. False
  37. gaps between things
  38. colour
  39. False
  40. True

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