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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 85 · 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 “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) form
  2. 2.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a long, thin mark (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) from white to black
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) form
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) form (d) shape
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) shape
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called value? (a) the area around objects (b) how light or dark it is (c) a moving dot’s path (d) gaps between things
  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 “the area around objects”? (a) shape (b) space (c) value (d) line
  9. 9.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) space (c) texture (d) value
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) value (b) texture (c) form (d) colour
  13. 13.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) easel (c) value (d) form
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a solid 3D object (b) has height, width, depth (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) from white to black
  15. 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  16. 16.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a flat 2D area (c) a solid 3D object (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) space (d) value
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) shape (b) value (c) colour (d) space
  22. 22.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) glue (d) colour
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a solid 3D object (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a long, thin mark (d) a flat 2D area
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) texture (c) shape (d) colour
  26. 26.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) has height, width, depth (c) a closed flat outline (d) a sense of near and far
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) value (b) space (c) texture (d) shape
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) colour (b) form (c) line (d) shape
  31. 31.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called line? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) can be seen all round
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) line (c) colour (d) shape
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) texture (b) form (c) shape (d) value
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) shape (d) line
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) form
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) gaps between things (c) how a surface feels (d) the area around objects
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a long, thin mark (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a closed flat outline

Answer key

  1. value
  2. a hue, like red or blue
  3. line
  4. form
  5. value
  6. how light or dark it is
  7. 7
  8. space
  9. True
  10. False
  11. texture
  12. texture
  13. easel
  14. from white to black
  15. frame
  16. True
  17. False
  18. False
  19. a solid 3D object
  20. texture
  21. colour
  22. True
  23. glue
  24. what a rainbow shows
  25. form
  26. False
  27. False
  28. has height, width, depth
  29. space
  30. form
  31. True
  32. False
  33. False
  34. a moving dot’s path
  35. space
  36. shape
  37. shape
  38. shape
  39. only length and width
  40. looks furry or scaly

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