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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 671 · 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 NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) easel (c) line (d) form
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
  3. 3.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) space (b) colour (c) value (d) texture
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) texture (b) space (c) shape (d) form
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a long, thin mark (c) how a surface feels (d) has height, width, depth
  7. 7.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a flat 2D area (c) how light or dark it is (d) a long, thin mark
  9. 9.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) space (d) value
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called value? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) from white to black (c) gaps between things (d) looks furry or scaly
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) what a rainbow shows (c) only length and width (d) a flat 2D area
  12. 12.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) frame (c) texture (d) value
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) space (b) form (c) colour (d) shape
  15. 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) shape (c) space (d) glue
  16. 16.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) line
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) the area around objects (c) a flat 2D area (d) a long, thin mark
  20. 20.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a moving dot’s path (c) gaps between things (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) line (c) value (d) shape
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) space (b) shape (c) form (d) line
  25. 25.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a long, thin mark (c) can be seen all round (d) only length and width
  27. 27.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) shape (b) line (c) form (d) space
  30. 30.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) value (b) line (c) colour (d) shape
  32. 32.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) how light or dark it is (c) looks furry or scaly (d) gaps between things
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how a surface feels (b) a long, thin mark (c) can be seen all round (d) the area around objects
  36. 36.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) form (c) easel (d) line
  39. 39.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. easel
  2. value
  3. True
  4. value
  5. shape
  6. has height, width, depth
  7. 7
  8. a flat 2D area
  9. texture
  10. from white to black
  11. what a rainbow shows
  12. True
  13. frame
  14. form
  15. glue
  16. False
  17. False
  18. space
  19. how light or dark it is
  20. True
  21. False
  22. a moving dot’s path
  23. shape
  24. form
  25. False
  26. only length and width
  27. True
  28. False
  29. space
  30. False
  31. value
  32. False
  33. True
  34. looks furry or scaly
  35. a long, thin mark
  36. False
  37. False
  38. easel
  39. True
  40. False

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