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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 712 · 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 long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) line (c) colour (d) space
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called value? (a) gaps between things (b) a sense of near and far (c) has height, width, depth (d) from white to black
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) shape (c) glue (d) space
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) form (c) value (d) line
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) line (b) space (c) texture (d) colour
  8. 8.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) frame (d) texture
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) how a surface feels (c) a closed flat outline (d) from white to black
  11. 11.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) line (b) form (c) space (d) texture
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a closed flat outline (b) how a surface feels (c) can be seen all round (d) only length and width
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a closed flat outline (b) how light or dark it is (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a hue, like red or blue
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) line (d) space
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a flat 2D area (c) how a surface feels (d) gaps between things
  17. 17.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) form (b) colour (c) shape (d) space
  20. 20.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) space (c) value (d) texture
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called space? (a) can be seen all round (b) a sense of near and far (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a long, thin mark
  22. 22.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) value (d) line
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) form (c) colour (d) line
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) value (c) space (d) shape
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a closed flat outline (b) only length and width (c) how light or dark it is (d) a flat 2D area
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) texture (b) line (c) space (d) value
  30. 30.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a long, thin mark (c) how a surface feels (d) has height, width, depth
  34. 34.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a closed flat outline (c) a long, thin mark (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  37. 37.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) form (c) line (d) texture
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) a moving dot’s path (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a sense of near and far
  40. 40.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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