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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 850 · 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 “looks furry or scaly”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) space (d) colour
  2. 2.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) space (c) line (d) value
  3. 3.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) value
  5. 5.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) glue (c) shape (d) space
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) colour
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) form (d) value
  9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) form (c) value (d) line
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called line? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a moving dot’s path (d) only length and width
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) can be seen all round (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a flat 2D area
  12. 12.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how a surface feels (b) a closed flat outline (c) how light or dark it is (d) only length and width
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called space? (a) has height, width, depth (b) how light or dark it is (c) a sense of near and far (d) a long, thin mark
  15. 15.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how a surface feels (b) the area around objects (c) a moving dot’s path (d) what a rainbow shows
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) from white to black (d) how light or dark it is
  18. 18.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) texture (b) space (c) line (d) colour
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) form (b) shape (c) space (d) texture
  21. 21.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) the area around objects (b) how light or dark it is (c) a closed flat outline (d) a moving dot’s path
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) space (d) form
  26. 26.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) line (b) colour (c) texture (d) form
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) only length and width (c) a moving dot’s path (d) how a surface feels
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) form (b) shape (c) value (d) colour
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) value (b) shape (c) form (d) texture
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) colour (c) shape (d) space
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called form? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a solid 3D object (c) a closed flat outline (d) a sense of near and far
  33. 33.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) frame (c) texture (d) line
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) a sense of near and far (c) what a rainbow shows (d) looks furry or scaly
  35. 35.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. texture
  2. texture
  3. True
  4. value
  5. 7
  6. glue
  7. shape
  8. shape
  9. easel
  10. a moving dot’s path
  11. rough, smooth or bumpy
  12. True
  13. how light or dark it is
  14. a sense of near and far
  15. True
  16. what a rainbow shows
  17. a long, thin mark
  18. False
  19. colour
  20. texture
  21. False
  22. True
  23. True
  24. a closed flat outline
  25. space
  26. False
  27. form
  28. a hue, like red or blue
  29. value
  30. shape
  31. space
  32. a solid 3D object
  33. frame
  34. looks furry or scaly
  35. False
  36. True
  37. False
  38. True
  39. False
  40. True

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