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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 78 · 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: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) a sense of near and far (c) only length and width (d) has height, width, depth
  4. 4.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) the area around objects (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) can be seen all round (d) gaps between things
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) shape
  7. 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) frame
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) space (c) texture (d) value
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a solid 3D object (c) a closed flat outline (d) a sense of near and far
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) form (b) shape (c) texture (d) line
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) line (c) form (d) shape
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how light or dark it is (b) how a surface feels (c) a closed flat outline (d) the area around objects
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a solid 3D object (c) looks furry or scaly (d) gaps between things
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) form
  15. 15.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) texture (b) form (c) space (d) colour
  17. 17.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) value
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a closed flat outline (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a flat 2D area
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) form (d) value
  21. 21.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) form (d) line
  23. 23.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) form (c) line (d) value
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a long, thin mark (c) has height, width, depth (d) what a rainbow shows
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a solid 3D object (c) only length and width (d) the area around objects
  27. 27.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) colour (c) line (d) texture
  30. 30.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) space (b) texture (c) colour (d) value
  38. 38.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called space? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a long, thin mark (d) gaps between things
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) a long, thin mark (c) how a surface feels (d) how light or dark it is

Answer key

  1. False
  2. 7
  3. only length and width
  4. True
  5. rough, smooth or bumpy
  6. value
  7. frame
  8. value
  9. a closed flat outline
  10. shape
  11. shape
  12. the area around objects
  13. a flat 2D area
  14. colour
  15. True
  16. space
  17. True
  18. colour
  19. what a rainbow shows
  20. form
  21. True
  22. form
  23. False
  24. shape
  25. a long, thin mark
  26. a solid 3D object
  27. True
  28. False
  29. line
  30. True
  31. False
  32. False
  33. True
  34. True
  35. False
  36. False
  37. value
  38. False
  39. gaps between things
  40. how a surface feels

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