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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 642 · 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 element of art is “from white to black”? (a) form (b) colour (c) line (d) value
  2. 2.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how a surface feels (b) a solid 3D object (c) a closed flat outline (d) a hue, like red or blue
  4. 4.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) frame (c) line (d) texture
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) form (c) line (d) texture
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) texture (b) space (c) shape (d) form
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) colour
  9. 9.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) how light or dark it is (c) has height, width, depth (d) can be seen all round
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) value (d) space
  12. 12.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) glue (d) shape
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a sense of near and far (c) a flat 2D area (d) looks furry or scaly
  14. 14.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called value? (a) can be seen all round (b) a long, thin mark (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) how light or dark it is
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) value
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called form? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) has height, width, depth (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a closed flat outline (b) from white to black (c) a solid 3D object (d) a sense of near and far
  24. 24.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) gaps between things (d) a flat 2D area
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) shape (b) form (c) colour (d) texture
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a long, thin mark (c) what a rainbow shows (d) can be seen all round
  28. 28.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) value (b) line (c) colour (d) texture
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how light or dark it is (b) what a rainbow shows (c) has height, width, depth (d) how a surface feels
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) value (c) line (d) shape
  32. 32.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) a long, thin mark (c) the area around objects (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a moving dot’s path (c) has height, width, depth (d) how a surface feels
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) value (c) shape (d) line
  36. 36.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) easel (c) form (d) value
  37. 37.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) value (b) form (c) colour (d) space
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called line? (a) gaps between things (b) only length and width (c) a sense of near and far (d) a moving dot’s path
  40. 40.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) texture (c) line (d) value

Answer key

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

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