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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 757 · 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 of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) glue (d) shape
  2. 2.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) shape
  5. 5.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  8. 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) frame
  9. 9.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) space (b) form (c) shape (d) colour
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a moving dot’s path (c) the area around objects (d) has height, width, depth
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called space? (a) has height, width, depth (b) gaps between things (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) looks furry or scaly
  13. 13.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a long, thin mark (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) what a rainbow shows
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) texture (d) line
  16. 16.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called line? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a closed flat outline (c) a long, thin mark (d) the area around objects
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) colour
  19. 19.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) value (d) line
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a long, thin mark (c) can be seen all round (d) a solid 3D object
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a sense of near and far (b) from white to black (c) gaps between things (d) a hue, like red or blue
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) has height, width, depth (b) can be seen all round (c) the area around objects (d) how a surface feels
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) colour
  25. 25.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) form (b) value (c) texture (d) colour
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) form
  28. 28.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) easel (d) form
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) line (b) colour (c) texture (d) space
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) value (d) space
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) line (d) form
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) has height, width, depth (c) only length and width (d) from white to black
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a sense of near and far (b) how a surface feels (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) from white to black
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) texture (c) form (d) shape
  35. 35.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) space (b) colour (c) form (d) line
  38. 38.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) form (c) line (d) shape
  40. 40.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) space (d) line

Answer key

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

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