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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 688 · 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 is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) texture (c) colour (d) value
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) shape
  3. 3.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  5. 5.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) frame (c) value (d) line
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) line (d) form
  8. 8.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) shape (b) form (c) texture (d) space
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) texture (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
  11. 11.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) colour (b) form (c) line (d) shape
  13. 13.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how a surface feels (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) has height, width, depth (d) the area around objects
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) space (d) value
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a long, thin mark (c) gaps between things (d) how a surface feels
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) how a surface feels (c) a flat 2D area (d) a closed flat outline
  18. 18.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) easel (c) value (d) form
  19. 19.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) line (b) space (c) texture (d) shape
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) colour (c) space (d) form
  23. 23.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) shape (c) value (d) texture
  25. 25.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a closed flat outline (d) how a surface feels
  31. 31.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) glue
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) space (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
  34. 34.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) gaps between things (b) from white to black (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) looks furry or scaly
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) shape (b) value (c) texture (d) colour
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called line? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a long, thin mark (d) gaps between things
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a solid 3D object (c) from white to black (d) what a rainbow shows
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) form (b) space (c) colour (d) texture

Answer key

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

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