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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 618 · 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.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  2. 2.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  3. 3.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) glue (d) space
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) form (d) value
  7. 7.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) texture (b) space (c) colour (d) value
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) value (d) line
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) has height, width, depth (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a long, thin mark
  11. 11.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) form (b) shape (c) space (d) value
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  15. 15.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) form
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how a surface feels (b) the area around objects (c) how light or dark it is (d) what a rainbow shows
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) line (b) texture (c) colour (d) shape
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) the area around objects (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a flat 2D area
  21. 21.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a flat 2D area (c) looks furry or scaly (d) has height, width, depth
  24. 24.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) space (c) texture (d) value
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) value (c) form (d) line
  27. 27.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) has height, width, depth (c) a flat 2D area (d) the area around objects
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) value (b) form (c) shape (d) line
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a sense of near and far (c) from white to black (d) how a surface feels
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
  33. 33.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) form
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called space? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) the area around objects (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a flat 2D area
  36. 36.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) space (b) line (c) texture (d) colour
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a closed flat outline (d) a long, thin mark
  39. 39.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. frame
  3. False
  4. True
  5. glue
  6. easel
  7. False
  8. colour
  9. colour
  10. how light or dark it is
  11. True
  12. False
  13. value
  14. value
  15. True
  16. True
  17. form
  18. what a rainbow shows
  19. shape
  20. looks furry or scaly
  21. False
  22. False
  23. a flat 2D area
  24. True
  25. texture
  26. value
  27. False
  28. True
  29. a hue, like red or blue
  30. form
  31. a sense of near and far
  32. line
  33. False
  34. form
  35. the area around objects
  36. True
  37. line
  38. rough, smooth or bumpy
  39. True
  40. True

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