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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 893 · 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: “only length and width” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) space (d) texture
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) colour (b) value (c) shape (d) space
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) value (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a long, thin mark (c) only length and width (d) can be seen all round
  6. 6.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) value (b) line (c) colour (d) texture
  8. 8.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) frame
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) how light or dark it is (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a flat 2D area
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) value (b) colour (c) line (d) space
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) space
  13. 13.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called line? (a) can be seen all round (b) a long, thin mark (c) what a rainbow shows (d) only length and width
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a sense of near and far (c) has height, width, depth (d) how a surface feels
  16. 16.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a moving dot’s path
  18. 18.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) glue
  19. 19.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) easel (d) form
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) shape (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called form? (a) from white to black (b) a solid 3D object (c) how a surface feels (d) a moving dot’s path
  23. 23.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) value
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) can be seen all round (b) has height, width, depth (c) how a surface feels (d) the area around objects
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) form (c) line (d) colour
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how light or dark it is (b) how a surface feels (c) has height, width, depth (d) a closed flat outline
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) value (c) colour (d) shape
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) colour (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  30. 30.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) line (b) colour (c) texture (d) form
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) looks furry or scaly (c) how a surface feels (d) has height, width, depth
  33. 33.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) value (b) texture (c) colour (d) line
  35. 35.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) form (d) value
  38. 38.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a solid 3D object (d) a closed flat outline
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a long, thin mark (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) can be seen all round

Answer key

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

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