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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 853 · 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) space (b) shape (c) value (d) line
  2. 2.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) frame
  4. 4.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a long, thin mark (c) only length and width (d) a closed flat outline
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) space (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
  8. 8.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called form? (a) from white to black (b) a long, thin mark (c) has height, width, depth (d) gaps between things
  10. 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) form (d) value
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) form (d) space
  12. 12.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) space (b) form (c) texture (d) colour
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) the area around objects (c) a sense of near and far (d) a long, thin mark
  15. 15.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) space
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) colour (b) form (c) shape (d) space
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) only length and width (c) how light or dark it is (d) what a rainbow shows
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called space? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) gaps between things (c) what a rainbow shows (d) how a surface feels
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) shape (d) space
  20. 20.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) space (b) line (c) form (d) shape
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) texture (c) line (d) shape
  23. 23.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
  26. 26.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how a surface feels (b) a solid 3D object (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a moving dot’s path
  28. 28.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) line (c) form (d) value
  33. 33.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) colour (b) value (c) line (d) form
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a flat 2D area (b) how a surface feels (c) what a rainbow shows (d) gaps between things
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) shape
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a moving dot’s path
  38. 38.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) has height, width, depth (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) only length and width
  40. 40.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. line
  2. True
  3. frame
  4. False
  5. True
  6. what a rainbow shows
  7. texture
  8. 7
  9. has height, width, depth
  10. easel
  11. texture
  12. True
  13. colour
  14. how light or dark it is
  15. texture
  16. shape
  17. looks furry or scaly
  18. gaps between things
  19. shape
  20. False
  21. line
  22. space
  23. False
  24. False
  25. glue
  26. True
  27. a solid 3D object
  28. True
  29. False
  30. False
  31. False
  32. value
  33. True
  34. form
  35. how a surface feels
  36. texture
  37. a flat 2D area
  38. False
  39. a sense of near and far
  40. False

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