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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 780 · 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) line (b) texture (c) frame (d) value
  2. 2.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a closed flat outline (b) how light or dark it is (c) how a surface feels (d) gaps between things
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) how light or dark it is (c) only length and width (d) a hue, like red or blue
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) value
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) a long, thin mark (c) how light or dark it is (d) can be seen all round
  6. 6.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) space (c) value (d) line
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) line (c) space (d) colour
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) looks furry or scaly (c) the area around objects (d) a closed flat outline
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) the area around objects (c) a closed flat outline (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  11. 11.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) shape (c) texture (d) space
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) line (d) form
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) value (b) texture (c) form (d) shape
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) line (d) form
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) texture (b) line (c) colour (d) value
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) colour (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) space (d) value
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) line (b) form (c) space (d) texture
  20. 20.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) easel (d) value
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) colour (b) line (c) space (d) shape
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) line (d) value
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called space? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a flat 2D area (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a sense of near and far
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a closed flat outline (c) has height, width, depth (d) gaps between things
  25. 25.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) glue (c) shape (d) colour
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) value (c) shape (d) texture
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a long, thin mark (b) gaps between things (c) looks furry or scaly (d) what a rainbow shows
  36. 36.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) colour (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  38. 38.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) line (c) space (d) colour
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) form (c) space (d) shape

Answer key

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

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