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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 614 · 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 long, thin mark” is the element called line. (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 element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) shape (b) space (c) form (d) line
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a flat 2D area (b) how a surface feels (c) can be seen all round (d) a long, thin mark
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) value (c) form (d) line
  6. 6.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a long, thin mark (c) can be seen all round (d) from white to black
  8. 8.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) space (c) line (d) value
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) texture (d) line
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) line (b) colour (c) form (d) value
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a closed flat outline (b) the area around objects (c) how light or dark it is (d) a hue, like red or blue
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) from white to black (c) only length and width (d) a long, thin mark
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) line (b) shape (c) space (d) texture
  14. 14.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) glue (c) shape (d) space
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) value (b) space (c) shape (d) form
  17. 17.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called space? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a sense of near and far (c) a long, thin mark (d) how light or dark it is
  19. 19.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a long, thin mark (d) has height, width, depth
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) how light or dark it is (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a solid 3D object
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) form (c) colour (d) texture
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a closed flat outline (c) a long, thin mark (d) a hue, like red or blue
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called form? (a) gaps between things (b) how light or dark it is (c) the area around objects (d) can be seen all round
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called line? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a closed flat outline (d) has height, width, depth
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) value (c) shape (d) texture
  29. 29.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) colour (c) texture (d) space
  31. 31.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) line (b) colour (c) space (d) shape
  35. 35.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) shape (d) space
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how light or dark it is (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) the area around objects (d) a solid 3D object
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) from white to black (c) how a surface feels (d) how light or dark it is
  40. 40.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) frame (d) value

Answer key

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

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