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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 804 · 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 element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) shape
  2. 2.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) how light or dark it is (c) only length and width (d) a long, thin mark
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) space
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) colour (b) line (c) form (d) texture
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) a sense of near and far (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a closed flat outline
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  7. 7.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) from white to black (b) gaps between things (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a closed flat outline
  9. 9.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  10. 10.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how light or dark it is (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a long, thin mark (d) a closed flat outline
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) colour (b) value (c) shape (d) line
  13. 13.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) shape
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) a closed flat outline (c) how light or dark it is (d) a long, thin mark
  16. 16.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a moving dot’s path (c) only length and width (d) the area around objects
  18. 18.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  19. 19.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) value (c) form (d) line
  20. 20.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called form? (a) the area around objects (b) a moving dot’s path (c) looks furry or scaly (d) has height, width, depth
  22. 22.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) space (d) form
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called line? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a moving dot’s path (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a sense of near and far
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  26. 26.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) can be seen all round
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) space (b) texture (c) form (d) colour
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) shape (d) line
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a solid 3D object (d) a sense of near and far
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) shape (b) form (c) line (d) colour
  32. 32.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a flat 2D area (c) how light or dark it is (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) colour (c) line (d) shape
  35. 35.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) how light or dark it is (d) what a rainbow shows
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) value (b) texture (c) form (d) line
  38. 38.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) glue (d) colour

Answer key

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

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