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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 827 · 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) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) glue
  2. 2.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) frame
  4. 4.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  5. 5.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) shape (b) form (c) value (d) line
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a long, thin mark (c) how light or dark it is (d) the area around objects
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) line (b) texture (c) form (d) space
  11. 11.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) space (b) texture (c) colour (d) value
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) colour
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a closed flat outline (c) has height, width, depth (d) a moving dot’s path
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) shape
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) value (c) shape (d) line
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called line? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) how light or dark it is (c) a sense of near and far (d) a long, thin mark
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) can be seen all round (c) a closed flat outline (d) what a rainbow shows
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) line (d) space
  20. 20.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called line? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) what a rainbow shows (c) the area around objects (d) a moving dot’s path
  23. 23.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) space (b) colour (c) value (d) line
  25. 25.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how light or dark it is (b) looks furry or scaly (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a hue, like red or blue
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) has height, width, depth (b) only length and width (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) from white to black
  28. 28.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) form (c) line (d) colour
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) gaps between things (c) how light or dark it is (d) a closed flat outline
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) line (c) form (d) colour
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) space
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) has height, width, depth (c) from white to black (d) a flat 2D area
  35. 35.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) form (c) line (d) easel
  37. 37.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) from white to black (c) a flat 2D area (d) gaps between things

Answer key

  1. glue
  2. True
  3. frame
  4. texture
  5. True
  6. False
  7. 7
  8. form
  9. the area around objects
  10. space
  11. True
  12. texture
  13. texture
  14. has height, width, depth
  15. shape
  16. value
  17. a long, thin mark
  18. a closed flat outline
  19. line
  20. True
  21. False
  22. a moving dot’s path
  23. False
  24. line
  25. False
  26. a hue, like red or blue
  27. rough, smooth or bumpy
  28. False
  29. True
  30. shape
  31. gaps between things
  32. space
  33. space
  34. a flat 2D area
  35. False
  36. easel
  37. False
  38. False
  39. True
  40. what a rainbow shows

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