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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 687 · 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 the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) from white to black (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a closed flat outline
  3. 3.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) colour (c) space (d) shape
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a sense of near and far (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) the area around objects
  6. 6.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  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 NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) value (c) line (d) form
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) from white to black (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a long, thin mark (d) a closed flat outline
  11. 11.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called form? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) what a rainbow shows (c) has height, width, depth (d) a long, thin mark
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) form (c) colour (d) shape
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a solid 3D object (c) how a surface feels (d) a flat 2D area
  15. 15.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) frame
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) line (c) colour (d) form
  18. 18.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) colour (c) space (d) line
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a sense of near and far (c) what a rainbow shows (d) only length and width
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) line (b) space (c) texture (d) shape
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called line? (a) only length and width (b) how light or dark it is (c) a moving dot’s path (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  23. 23.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) shape
  25. 25.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called line? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a long, thin mark (c) a flat 2D area (d) from white to black
  29. 29.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) value (b) texture (c) form (d) space
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) texture (b) form (c) space (d) shape
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called space? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a solid 3D object (c) a sense of near and far (d) a hue, like red or blue
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a sense of near and far (b) can be seen all round (c) gaps between things (d) a moving dot’s path
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a sense of near and far (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a solid 3D object (d) a hue, like red or blue
  35. 35.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) gaps between things (c) how light or dark it is (d) a long, thin mark
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) colour (b) space (c) value (d) shape
  39. 39.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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