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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 844 · 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 moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) form (c) line (d) value
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) value
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) colour
  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: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) colour (c) shape (d) space
  8. 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) frame (d) line
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called line? (a) can be seen all round (b) a long, thin mark (c) what a rainbow shows (d) from white to black
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) texture (d) form
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) the area around objects (b) a closed flat outline (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a hue, like red or blue
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) looks furry or scaly (c) only length and width (d) gaps between things
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
  14. 14.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) easel (d) value
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a long, thin mark (b) has height, width, depth (c) a sense of near and far (d) how a surface feels
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) colour (c) value (d) space
  17. 17.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a flat 2D area (d) how a surface feels
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  20. 20.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how light or dark it is (b) has height, width, depth (c) only length and width (d) a closed flat outline
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) line (c) form (d) value
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) form (d) value
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) texture (b) line (c) space (d) value
  25. 25.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how a surface feels (b) a sense of near and far (c) a long, thin mark (d) a solid 3D object
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
  28. 28.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) texture (b) form (c) shape (d) line
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a closed flat outline (b) how a surface feels (c) can be seen all round (d) a flat 2D area
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) the area around objects (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) has height, width, depth (d) a closed flat outline
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how light or dark it is (b) only length and width (c) a closed flat outline (d) a hue, like red or blue
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) space (d) value
  36. 36.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) space (d) form
  40. 40.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) space (c) value (d) line

Answer key

  1. line
  2. value
  3. colour
  4. 7
  5. True
  6. False
  7. glue
  8. frame
  9. a long, thin mark
  10. texture
  11. a closed flat outline
  12. only length and width
  13. shape
  14. easel
  15. how a surface feels
  16. space
  17. True
  18. a flat 2D area
  19. line
  20. False
  21. has height, width, depth
  22. texture
  23. value
  24. space
  25. False
  26. a solid 3D object
  27. shape
  28. True
  29. False
  30. False
  31. form
  32. can be seen all round
  33. rough, smooth or bumpy
  34. a hue, like red or blue
  35. texture
  36. True
  37. False
  38. False
  39. form
  40. texture

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