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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 847 · 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) easel (b) line (c) value (d) form
  2. 2.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  3. 3.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a sense of near and far (c) from white to black (d) looks furry or scaly
  5. 5.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  6. 6.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how a surface feels (b) a sense of near and far (c) a moving dot’s path (d) only length and width
  8. 8.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) space (b) form (c) line (d) value
  10. 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) frame
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) shape
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
  13. 13.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) what a rainbow shows (c) looks furry or scaly (d) how light or dark it is
  19. 19.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) line (c) colour (d) space
  21. 21.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) shape (d) form
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) colour
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) form (b) line (c) space (d) value
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a solid 3D object (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) can be seen all round (d) a closed flat outline
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called form? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) how a surface feels (c) a moving dot’s path (d) can be seen all round
  28. 28.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) line (b) space (c) value (d) shape
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) shape (c) space (d) form
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called line? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a moving dot’s path (c) how light or dark it is (d) only length and width
  34. 34.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) shape (b) line (c) form (d) colour
  37. 37.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called form? (a) from white to black (b) has height, width, depth (c) what a rainbow shows (d) how a surface feels
  39. 39.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. easel
  2. texture
  3. True
  4. looks furry or scaly
  5. 7
  6. True
  7. how a surface feels
  8. False
  9. value
  10. frame
  11. shape
  12. value
  13. True
  14. False
  15. True
  16. False
  17. False
  18. how light or dark it is
  19. False
  20. line
  21. True
  22. False
  23. form
  24. texture
  25. space
  26. a closed flat outline
  27. can be seen all round
  28. True
  29. True
  30. False
  31. space
  32. shape
  33. a moving dot’s path
  34. True
  35. False
  36. colour
  37. True
  38. has height, width, depth
  39. False
  40. False

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