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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 818 · 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 space? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a moving dot’s path (c) the area around objects (d) from white to black
  2. 2.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) the area around objects (c) can be seen all round (d) has height, width, depth
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) value (b) texture (c) form (d) shape
  4. 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  5. 5.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) colour (d) line
  7. 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) glue (d) shape
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a closed flat outline (c) how light or dark it is (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  9. 9.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) shape (b) space (c) texture (d) value
  12. 12.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) form (c) easel (d) line
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) form (c) line (d) shape
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a sense of near and far (b) what a rainbow shows (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) how light or dark it is
  15. 15.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) form (c) value (d) line
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) can be seen all round (b) a solid 3D object (c) how a surface feels (d) only length and width
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) shape
  19. 19.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how light or dark it is (b) only length and width (c) the area around objects (d) from white to black
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how light or dark it is (b) has height, width, depth (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a long, thin mark
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) from white to black (c) a sense of near and far (d) a flat 2D area
  23. 23.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how a surface feels (b) a sense of near and far (c) can be seen all round (d) a moving dot’s path
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) can be seen all round (c) a long, thin mark (d) a closed flat outline
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) value
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) a flat 2D area (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a hue, like red or blue
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) form (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called line? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a long, thin mark (c) how a surface feels (d) looks furry or scaly
  30. 30.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) colour (b) space (c) texture (d) form
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) only length and width (c) a solid 3D object (d) how light or dark it is
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) colour
  34. 34.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) line (c) shape (d) form
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) space (b) form (c) texture (d) colour
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) space
  38. 38.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) frame (c) value (d) line

Answer key

  1. the area around objects
  2. what a rainbow shows
  3. form
  4. 7
  5. True
  6. line
  7. glue
  8. a closed flat outline
  9. True
  10. texture
  11. texture
  12. easel
  13. value
  14. rough, smooth or bumpy
  15. True
  16. space
  17. how a surface feels
  18. value
  19. False
  20. only length and width
  21. a hue, like red or blue
  22. can be seen all round
  23. True
  24. a moving dot’s path
  25. looks furry or scaly
  26. shape
  27. a flat 2D area
  28. texture
  29. a long, thin mark
  30. False
  31. form
  32. a sense of near and far
  33. colour
  34. True
  35. line
  36. form
  37. space
  38. True
  39. True
  40. frame

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