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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 86 · 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.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a closed flat outline (b) can be seen all round (c) a sense of near and far (d) what a rainbow shows
  3. 3.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  4. 4.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) space (b) form (c) texture (d) line
  7. 7.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) glue (d) colour
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a long, thin mark (c) a flat 2D area (d) a solid 3D object
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) gaps between things (c) can be seen all round (d) a sense of near and far
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) only length and width (c) gaps between things (d) a closed flat outline
  12. 12.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) form (c) value (d) line
  13. 13.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) space (d) value
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) form (c) value (d) line
  18. 18.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) frame
  19. 19.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) line (d) value
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) colour
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) colour (b) line (c) form (d) texture
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) form (b) line (c) colour (d) value
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called value? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a moving dot’s path (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) how light or dark it is
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called value? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) the area around objects (c) from white to black (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) colour (b) line (c) form (d) space
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called space? (a) only length and width (b) a flat 2D area (c) gaps between things (d) a long, thin mark
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) value (d) form
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a long, thin mark
  30. 30.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) shape (c) value (d) texture
  32. 32.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) looks furry or scaly (c) what a rainbow shows (d) from white to black
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) gaps between things (d) looks furry or scaly
  35. 35.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called line? (a) has height, width, depth (b) how light or dark it is (c) a long, thin mark (d) looks furry or scaly
  38. 38.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a long, thin mark (c) how a surface feels (d) a hue, like red or blue
  40. 40.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. True
  2. a sense of near and far
  3. texture
  4. True
  5. 7
  6. texture
  7. True
  8. glue
  9. a solid 3D object
  10. can be seen all round
  11. looks furry or scaly
  12. easel
  13. False
  14. value
  15. shape
  16. value
  17. line
  18. frame
  19. False
  20. value
  21. shape
  22. texture
  23. colour
  24. how light or dark it is
  25. from white to black
  26. form
  27. gaps between things
  28. colour
  29. the area around objects
  30. True
  31. space
  32. False
  33. what a rainbow shows
  34. a hue, like red or blue
  35. True
  36. False
  37. a long, thin mark
  38. False
  39. how a surface feels
  40. True

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