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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 733 · 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) shape (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  2. 2.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a closed flat outline (c) a long, thin mark (d) how light or dark it is
  5. 5.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) line (b) form (c) texture (d) space
  7. 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) glue (c) shape (d) colour
  8. 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) form (d) value
  9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) frame (c) texture (d) value
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) colour (b) value (c) space (d) texture
  11. 11.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a closed flat outline (c) can be seen all round (d) from white to black
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) line (c) space (d) shape
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a flat 2D area (b) what a rainbow shows (c) how light or dark it is (d) a long, thin mark
  16. 16.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) gaps between things (b) from white to black (c) how light or dark it is (d) a hue, like red or blue
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) has height, width, depth (b) only length and width (c) gaps between things (d) how a surface feels
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) space
  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: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) shape
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a closed flat outline (b) what a rainbow shows (c) only length and width (d) from white to black
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) value (b) space (c) line (d) colour
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) space
  27. 27.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  28. 28.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) line (b) value (c) space (d) shape
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
  31. 31.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) the area around objects (d) a flat 2D area
  33. 33.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called space? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) can be seen all round (c) a sense of near and far (d) a long, thin mark
  35. 35.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a long, thin mark (c) looks furry or scaly (d) the area around objects
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) value (b) form (c) colour (d) shape
  40. 40.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. value
  2. False
  3. False
  4. a long, thin mark
  5. 7
  6. texture
  7. glue
  8. easel
  9. frame
  10. texture
  11. False
  12. False
  13. from white to black
  14. shape
  15. how light or dark it is
  16. False
  17. a hue, like red or blue
  18. shape
  19. how a surface feels
  20. space
  21. True
  22. True
  23. value
  24. what a rainbow shows
  25. space
  26. space
  27. texture
  28. True
  29. value
  30. line
  31. False
  32. a flat 2D area
  33. True
  34. a sense of near and far
  35. False
  36. True
  37. True
  38. looks furry or scaly
  39. form
  40. True

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