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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 72 · 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.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) form (b) value (c) shape (d) texture
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) frame
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) value (b) form (c) line (d) shape
  5. 5.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  6. 6.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a closed flat outline (c) the area around objects (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  8. 8.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) glue (c) space (d) colour
  10. 10.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) value (c) shape (d) line
  12. 12.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) value (b) colour (c) space (d) shape
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) value (b) colour (c) texture (d) shape
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) how a surface feels (c) how light or dark it is (d) looks furry or scaly
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) gaps between things (c) a solid 3D object (d) only length and width
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) form (c) colour (d) line
  18. 18.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) texture (d) form
  20. 20.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) shape (b) line (c) space (d) form
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a sense of near and far (b) gaps between things (c) from white to black (d) can be seen all round
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) space (d) line
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a moving dot’s path (c) has height, width, depth (d) how a surface feels
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a sense of near and far (d) a closed flat outline
  26. 26.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) easel
  27. 27.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) colour (d) value
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) what a rainbow shows (c) gaps between things (d) only length and width
  31. 31.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called value? (a) can be seen all round (b) the area around objects (c) has height, width, depth (d) from white to black
  34. 34.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) value (b) texture (c) space (d) shape
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) texture (b) line (c) form (d) colour
  37. 37.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how light or dark it is (b) gaps between things (c) a flat 2D area (d) the area around objects
  40. 40.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. True
  2. texture
  3. frame
  4. form
  5. 7
  6. True
  7. the area around objects
  8. False
  9. glue
  10. False
  11. value
  12. True
  13. shape
  14. shape
  15. a moving dot’s path
  16. only length and width
  17. line
  18. False
  19. form
  20. True
  21. space
  22. can be seen all round
  23. colour
  24. how a surface feels
  25. a closed flat outline
  26. easel
  27. False
  28. False
  29. value
  30. what a rainbow shows
  31. True
  32. shape
  33. from white to black
  34. False
  35. space
  36. colour
  37. True
  38. False
  39. a flat 2D area
  40. False

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