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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 846 · 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 “what a rainbow shows”? (a) form (b) value (c) shape (d) colour
  2. 2.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a solid 3D object (b) the area around objects (c) a flat 2D area (d) from white to black
  3. 3.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) line (d) shape
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) line
  6. 6.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) how light or dark it is (c) a closed flat outline (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) gaps between things (b) what a rainbow shows (c) how light or dark it is (d) can be seen all round
  10. 10.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) how a surface feels (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) has height, width, depth
  13. 13.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) frame (c) line (d) texture
  14. 14.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) form (c) line (d) value
  15. 15.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) from white to black (c) a sense of near and far (d) only length and width
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) colour (b) form (c) texture (d) shape
  21. 21.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) value (c) shape (d) colour
  23. 23.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) line (d) texture
  25. 25.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) value (c) shape (d) texture
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a sense of near and far (b) can be seen all round (c) the area around objects (d) gaps between things
  29. 29.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) has height, width, depth (c) only length and width (d) a sense of near and far
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a sense of near and far (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) only length and width
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) value (d) space
  35. 35.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a sense of near and far (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a long, thin mark
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how a surface feels (b) a flat 2D area (c) only length and width (d) a sense of near and far
  38. 38.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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