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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 725 · 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) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) value
  2. 2.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) shape (c) space (d) glue
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) frame
  4. 4.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a long, thin mark (d) looks furry or scaly
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called space? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a closed flat outline (c) a long, thin mark (d) the area around objects
  8. 8.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  9. 9.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) space
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) shape (b) form (c) space (d) value
  11. 11.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called line? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a moving dot’s path (c) the area around objects (d) a flat 2D area
  13. 13.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) colour
  16. 16.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) can be seen all round (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) how a surface feels (d) what a rainbow shows
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
  19. 19.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) value (b) space (c) colour (d) form
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) space (b) colour (c) value (d) shape
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a closed flat outline (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) gaps between things
  24. 24.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a closed flat outline (c) can be seen all round (d) gaps between things
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) line (c) colour (d) form
  28. 28.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) space (b) form (c) line (d) shape
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called space? (a) can be seen all round (b) how light or dark it is (c) a sense of near and far (d) has height, width, depth
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a closed flat outline (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) how a surface feels
  33. 33.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) form (c) value (d) line
  35. 35.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how light or dark it is (b) gaps between things (c) can be seen all round (d) how a surface feels
  37. 37.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) line (b) form (c) colour (d) texture
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called line? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) what a rainbow shows (c) gaps between things (d) a long, thin mark
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) form (c) value (d) texture

Answer key

  1. value
  2. glue
  3. frame
  4. False
  5. line
  6. only length and width
  7. the area around objects
  8. 7
  9. texture
  10. form
  11. False
  12. a moving dot’s path
  13. True
  14. False
  15. line
  16. False
  17. what a rainbow shows
  18. form
  19. True
  20. form
  21. colour
  22. texture
  23. looks furry or scaly
  24. True
  25. True
  26. how light or dark it is
  27. shape
  28. True
  29. False
  30. shape
  31. a sense of near and far
  32. how a surface feels
  33. False
  34. easel
  35. False
  36. can be seen all round
  37. False
  38. texture
  39. a long, thin mark
  40. value

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