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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 800 · 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 the element called colour? (a) from white to black (b) a flat 2D area (c) how light or dark it is (d) what a rainbow shows
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) value (b) form (c) texture (d) space
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a long, thin mark (c) a solid 3D object (d) gaps between things
  5. 5.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) space
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  8. 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) frame (d) line
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) form (b) colour (c) shape (d) texture
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) form (b) space (c) texture (d) shape
  11. 11.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) the area around objects (c) a flat 2D area (d) has height, width, depth
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how a surface feels (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a sense of near and far (d) a closed flat outline
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) value (b) space (c) shape (d) texture
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called line? (a) gaps between things (b) how a surface feels (c) a sense of near and far (d) a moving dot’s path
  17. 17.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) texture (d) space
  19. 19.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) line (d) texture
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) colour (c) space (d) value
  21. 21.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) form
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) texture (b) line (c) colour (d) form
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) space (b) form (c) value (d) colour
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) value (c) shape (d) line
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) line
  28. 28.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a long, thin mark (c) how a surface feels (d) a closed flat outline
  31. 31.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) the area around objects (c) looks furry or scaly (d) has height, width, depth
  33. 33.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how light or dark it is (b) looks furry or scaly (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a sense of near and far
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a closed flat outline (c) gaps between things (d) can be seen all round
  40. 40.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. what a rainbow shows
  2. 7
  3. space
  4. how light or dark it is
  5. False
  6. space
  7. value
  8. frame
  9. texture
  10. texture
  11. True
  12. glue
  13. a flat 2D area
  14. a sense of near and far
  15. value
  16. a moving dot’s path
  17. True
  18. space
  19. texture
  20. line
  21. False
  22. texture
  23. colour
  24. form
  25. shape
  26. form
  27. shape
  28. True
  29. False
  30. a closed flat outline
  31. True
  32. has height, width, depth
  33. True
  34. True
  35. False
  36. False
  37. True
  38. looks furry or scaly
  39. gaps between things
  40. True

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