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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 866 · 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.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) space (c) value (d) line
  2. 2.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) form (b) texture (c) shape (d) space
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) colour (b) line (c) space (d) shape
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) glue
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) can be seen all round (c) how a surface feels (d) from white to black
  8. 8.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) value (d) form
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called value? (a) can be seen all round (b) a moving dot’s path (c) how light or dark it is (d) a flat 2D area
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) form (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a flat 2D area (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) value (b) colour (c) form (d) texture
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) shape
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) only length and width (c) a closed flat outline (d) looks furry or scaly
  17. 17.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) frame
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) the area around objects (c) has height, width, depth (d) a closed flat outline
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a flat 2D area (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a closed flat outline (d) what a rainbow shows
  20. 20.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) value (c) colour (d) texture
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a flat 2D area
  23. 23.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) value (c) shape (d) line
  25. 25.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how a surface feels (b) a long, thin mark (c) a closed flat outline (d) can be seen all round
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) looks furry or scaly (c) how light or dark it is (d) how a surface feels
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a closed flat outline (b) has height, width, depth (c) gaps between things (d) a moving dot’s path
  29. 29.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) form
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) line (b) form (c) space (d) texture
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called space? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a closed flat outline (c) a sense of near and far (d) what a rainbow shows
  34. 34.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a long, thin mark (c) gaps between things (d) a closed flat outline
  38. 38.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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