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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 666 · 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 line? (a) from white to black (b) looks furry or scaly (c) how light or dark it is (d) a long, thin mark
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) value (b) form (c) colour (d) line
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a closed flat outline (b) how light or dark it is (c) a solid 3D object (d) a long, thin mark
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) space (d) value
  5. 5.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) value (b) colour (c) shape (d) space
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a solid 3D object (c) what a rainbow shows (d) gaps between things
  8. 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) form (c) easel (d) value
  9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) glue
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) space (b) shape (c) line (d) colour
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) form (b) space (c) texture (d) colour
  12. 12.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) frame (c) value (d) texture
  13. 13.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how light or dark it is (b) only length and width (c) the area around objects (d) what a rainbow shows
  15. 15.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called form? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a solid 3D object
  18. 18.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) value (c) shape (d) colour
  24. 24.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) shape (b) value (c) space (d) colour
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) only length and width (d) how a surface feels
  27. 27.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a flat 2D area (d) a solid 3D object
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) space (b) form (c) line (d) texture
  30. 30.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) value (c) colour (d) texture
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a long, thin mark (b) can be seen all round (c) a flat 2D area (d) a hue, like red or blue
  34. 34.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) space (c) texture (d) value
  38. 38.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a sense of near and far (c) a closed flat outline (d) how a surface feels
  40. 40.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a long, thin mark
  2. colour
  3. how light or dark it is
  4. texture
  5. 7
  6. space
  7. what a rainbow shows
  8. easel
  9. glue
  10. shape
  11. texture
  12. frame
  13. False
  14. the area around objects
  15. False
  16. True
  17. a solid 3D object
  18. False
  19. True
  20. False
  21. True
  22. value
  23. shape
  24. False
  25. space
  26. only length and width
  27. False
  28. gaps between things
  29. line
  30. False
  31. False
  32. shape
  33. a hue, like red or blue
  34. False
  35. False
  36. True
  37. texture
  38. False
  39. a closed flat outline
  40. False

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