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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 669 · 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 tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  2. 2.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) from white to black (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a closed flat outline (d) gaps between things
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) easel (c) line (d) form
  6. 6.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) glue (d) space
  8. 8.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) value (d) shape
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a flat 2D area (c) the area around objects (d) a long, thin mark
  11. 11.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  12. 12.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) can be seen all round (c) how light or dark it is (d) a long, thin mark
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) texture (b) value (c) space (d) colour
  15. 15.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) colour (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  17. 17.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) frame
  20. 20.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) what a rainbow shows (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a hue, like red or blue
  22. 22.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) colour (d) value
  25. 25.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) only length and width (c) how a surface feels (d) what a rainbow shows
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) value (c) space (d) line
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) colour (b) form (c) space (d) value
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) line (b) colour (c) value (d) texture
  31. 31.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a solid 3D object (c) a moving dot’s path (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called space? (a) only length and width (b) gaps between things (c) what a rainbow shows (d) looks furry or scaly
  34. 34.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) value (b) space (c) form (d) texture
  36. 36.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) space (c) line (d) form
  38. 38.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called value? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) how light or dark it is (c) only length and width (d) has height, width, depth
  40. 40.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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