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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 675 · 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) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
  2. 2.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) shape (d) glue
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) frame
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) line (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) easel (d) value
  6. 6.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) form (c) value (d) line
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) has height, width, depth (b) only length and width (c) a solid 3D object (d) looks furry or scaly
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) value (d) texture
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) value (b) line (c) colour (d) texture
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) space (d) line
  12. 12.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) form (b) value (c) space (d) shape
  16. 16.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) shape (b) space (c) value (d) colour
  18. 18.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) space
  19. 19.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) form (d) line
  21. 21.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) value (b) form (c) colour (d) shape
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a closed flat outline (d) the area around objects
  24. 24.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) the area around objects (b) can be seen all round (c) a closed flat outline (d) a hue, like red or blue
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) gaps between things (c) can be seen all round (d) from white to black
  27. 27.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called value? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) from white to black (c) how a surface feels (d) only length and width
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) shape (c) line (d) texture
  31. 31.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) colour
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) form (c) space (d) texture
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) form
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) line (b) form (c) texture (d) space
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) colour
  37. 37.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how a surface feels (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a closed flat outline (d) a moving dot’s path
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) only length and width (b) can be seen all round (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a moving dot’s path
  40. 40.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. value
  2. glue
  3. frame
  4. colour
  5. easel
  6. 7
  7. shape
  8. looks furry or scaly
  9. value
  10. colour
  11. texture
  12. False
  13. False
  14. True
  15. form
  16. True
  17. space
  18. texture
  19. False
  20. form
  21. False
  22. shape
  23. the area around objects
  24. False
  25. a closed flat outline
  26. can be seen all round
  27. False
  28. False
  29. from white to black
  30. form
  31. True
  32. texture
  33. line
  34. line
  35. space
  36. value
  37. True
  38. a moving dot’s path
  39. a hue, like red or blue
  40. False

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