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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 635 · 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 colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a flat 2D area (c) a closed flat outline (d) from white to black
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a flat 2D area (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a solid 3D object
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) frame (c) line (d) texture
  7. 7.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) form (c) shape (d) texture
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) form (d) colour
  10. 10.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a flat 2D area (d) how light or dark it is
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) can be seen all round (c) a flat 2D area (d) a sense of near and far
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) space (b) form (c) texture (d) colour
  14. 14.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) texture (b) value (c) form (d) line
  16. 16.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) space (c) shape (d) line
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called value? (a) gaps between things (b) how light or dark it is (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  22. 22.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) colour
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) line (b) value (c) space (d) colour
  26. 26.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) line (b) space (c) texture (d) shape
  29. 29.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how light or dark it is (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a solid 3D object (d) a flat 2D area
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a long, thin mark (c) the area around objects (d) looks furry or scaly
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) texture (b) form (c) shape (d) value
  34. 34.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) glue (d) shape
  35. 35.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) form (c) line (d) value
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) form (b) colour (c) texture (d) line
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) colour (b) line (c) value (d) space
  39. 39.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) shape (c) value (d) texture

Answer key

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

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