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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 715 · 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) colour (b) form (c) value (d) line
  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: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) how light or dark it is (c) has height, width, depth (d) a solid 3D object
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) frame (d) value
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) value
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a flat 2D area (c) from white to black (d) a long, thin mark
  9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) colour (c) space (d) shape
  10. 10.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) colour (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) space (b) texture (c) value (d) form
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) a flat 2D area (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) can be seen all round
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) form (d) line
  15. 15.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) has height, width, depth (c) a long, thin mark (d) only length and width
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how a surface feels (b) a moving dot’s path (c) only length and width (d) a hue, like red or blue
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) line (b) space (c) colour (d) texture
  19. 19.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  20. 20.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) can be seen all round (c) a flat 2D area (d) how light or dark it is
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a moving dot’s path (c) has height, width, depth (d) how a surface feels
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called form? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) has height, width, depth (c) only length and width (d) how a surface feels
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a sense of near and far (c) looks furry or scaly (d) only length and width
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) value (b) space (c) form (d) colour
  29. 29.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) easel
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) texture (d) space
  31. 31.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) value (c) shape (d) form
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) shape (b) line (c) form (d) space
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) only length and width (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  36. 36.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) from white to black (c) gaps between things (d) only length and width

Answer key

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

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