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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 821 · 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 is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) shape (c) line (d) space
  2. 2.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  3. 3.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) glue
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a flat 2D area (c) how light or dark it is (d) a solid 3D object
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called space? (a) has height, width, depth (b) only length and width (c) a long, thin mark (d) gaps between things
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) form (c) line (d) space
  8. 8.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  9. 9.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) can be seen all round (d) how light or dark it is
  11. 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) easel
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how a surface feels (b) gaps between things (c) from white to black (d) a moving dot’s path
  13. 13.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) value (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
  15. 15.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) line (b) form (c) space (d) texture
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) value (c) shape (d) texture
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) from white to black (c) what a rainbow shows (d) can be seen all round
  19. 19.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) form (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a long, thin mark (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) has height, width, depth
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) the area around objects (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a long, thin mark (d) what a rainbow shows
  24. 24.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) space (c) line (d) value
  25. 25.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) line
  27. 27.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) space (d) line
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a closed flat outline (c) the area around objects (d) gaps between things
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) value
  32. 32.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) what a rainbow shows (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a flat 2D area
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) form (b) value (c) shape (d) space
  36. 36.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a solid 3D object (b) the area around objects (c) how a surface feels (d) a flat 2D area
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) form (c) space (d) line
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) value (c) colour (d) form

Answer key

  1. line
  2. frame
  3. False
  4. glue
  5. how light or dark it is
  6. gaps between things
  7. line
  8. 7
  9. False
  10. rough, smooth or bumpy
  11. easel
  12. from white to black
  13. False
  14. colour
  15. False
  16. texture
  17. value
  18. looks furry or scaly
  19. True
  20. True
  21. form
  22. has height, width, depth
  23. what a rainbow shows
  24. texture
  25. True
  26. shape
  27. True
  28. False
  29. shape
  30. a hue, like red or blue
  31. texture
  32. False
  33. True
  34. the area around objects
  35. space
  36. False
  37. True
  38. a flat 2D area
  39. shape
  40. space

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