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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 731 · 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 closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is the element called line? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) looks furry or scaly (c) from white to black (d) a long, thin mark
  3. 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) easel (d) form
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) line (d) form
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) frame (d) line
  7. 7.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) line (d) texture
  8. 8.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) gaps between things (c) a closed flat outline (d) the area around objects
  10. 10.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) shape (c) line (d) space
  12. 12.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) glue
  14. 14.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) shape (b) value (c) space (d) form
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called space? (a) can be seen all round (b) a flat 2D area (c) a sense of near and far (d) what a rainbow shows
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) texture (b) space (c) line (d) shape
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a sense of near and far (c) how a surface feels (d) a moving dot’s path
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) texture (c) shape (d) colour
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) how light or dark it is (c) gaps between things (d) from white to black
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) form (b) texture (c) line (d) colour
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a sense of near and far (b) how light or dark it is (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) has height, width, depth
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) form (b) space (c) line (d) value
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a flat 2D area (c) only length and width (d) what a rainbow shows
  26. 26.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) the area around objects (c) only length and width (d) a hue, like red or blue
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a solid 3D object (b) has height, width, depth (c) a closed flat outline (d) gaps between things
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) line (b) texture (c) space (d) shape
  31. 31.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) line (b) shape (c) form (d) value
  37. 37.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) line (b) colour (c) texture (d) space
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) form (d) texture
  40. 40.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) value (c) form (d) line

Answer key

  1. True
  2. a long, thin mark
  3. 7
  4. easel
  5. shape
  6. frame
  7. texture
  8. True
  9. how light or dark it is
  10. False
  11. form
  12. False
  13. glue
  14. False
  15. space
  16. a sense of near and far
  17. line
  18. a moving dot’s path
  19. shape
  20. has height, width, depth
  21. line
  22. a hue, like red or blue
  23. value
  24. value
  25. what a rainbow shows
  26. True
  27. False
  28. the area around objects
  29. gaps between things
  30. space
  31. True
  32. False
  33. False
  34. False
  35. True
  36. value
  37. False
  38. colour
  39. texture
  40. easel

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