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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 775 · 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: “how light or dark it is” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a solid 3D object (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) how light or dark it is
  3. 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) shape (b) space (c) form (d) colour
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
  6. 6.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a sense of near and far (b) how a surface feels (c) can be seen all round (d) a long, thin mark
  8. 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) shape (c) glue (d) colour
  9. 9.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) space (c) line (d) value
  10. 10.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a sense of near and far (b) how a surface feels (c) has height, width, depth (d) a moving dot’s path
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) space (b) texture (c) line (d) colour
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) shape (b) space (c) line (d) colour
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) form (d) shape
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) a long, thin mark (c) only length and width (d) how a surface feels
  17. 17.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) frame
  18. 18.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) a long, thin mark (c) looks furry or scaly (d) only length and width
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) form (b) value (c) line (d) space
  21. 21.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) form (c) line (d) value
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called space? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a sense of near and far (d) only length and width
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a closed flat outline (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a solid 3D object (d) only length and width
  24. 24.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) line (b) space (c) value (d) shape
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) texture (b) value (c) space (d) form
  28. 28.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a closed flat outline (b) from white to black (c) what a rainbow shows (d) looks furry or scaly
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called form? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) can be seen all round (c) a sense of near and far (d) from white to black
  33. 33.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) line (b) shape (c) space (d) form
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a flat 2D area (d) a solid 3D object
  37. 37.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) from white to black (b) how a surface feels (c) a sense of near and far (d) a solid 3D object
  39. 39.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) line (c) form (d) texture

Answer key

  1. False
  2. how light or dark it is
  3. 7
  4. form
  5. space
  6. False
  7. a long, thin mark
  8. glue
  9. texture
  10. True
  11. has height, width, depth
  12. texture
  13. colour
  14. shape
  15. value
  16. from white to black
  17. frame
  18. False
  19. only length and width
  20. value
  21. easel
  22. a sense of near and far
  23. a solid 3D object
  24. False
  25. True
  26. space
  27. form
  28. False
  29. False
  30. True
  31. a closed flat outline
  32. can be seen all round
  33. False
  34. True
  35. space
  36. a moving dot’s path
  37. False
  38. how a surface feels
  39. True
  40. line

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