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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 895 · 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 of these is the element called colour? (a) the area around objects (b) how a surface feels (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a hue, like red or blue
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) texture (b) line (c) space (d) shape
  3. 3.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called line? (a) only length and width (b) a solid 3D object (c) a long, thin mark (d) a sense of near and far
  6. 6.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  7. 7.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how a surface feels (b) only length and width (c) a long, thin mark (d) gaps between things
  9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) glue (c) colour (d) space
  10. 10.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) line (b) form (c) space (d) value
  12. 12.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) shape (b) form (c) line (d) space
  14. 14.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) space (d) texture
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a sense of near and far (c) has height, width, depth (d) a hue, like red or blue
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how a surface feels (b) how light or dark it is (c) looks furry or scaly (d) what a rainbow shows
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) shape (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a closed flat outline (b) the area around objects (c) a flat 2D area (d) from white to black
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) value
  21. 21.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) easel
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) how a surface feels (c) a closed flat outline (d) can be seen all round
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) how light or dark it is (c) the area around objects (d) a long, thin mark
  25. 25.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
  27. 27.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) shape (b) space (c) line (d) value
  31. 31.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) space
  33. 33.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) the area around objects (b) has height, width, depth (c) a closed flat outline (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  35. 35.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) value (b) space (c) shape (d) line
  37. 37.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) from white to black (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a solid 3D object

Answer key

  1. a hue, like red or blue
  2. shape
  3. True
  4. False
  5. a long, thin mark
  6. 7
  7. True
  8. gaps between things
  9. glue
  10. False
  11. form
  12. True
  13. space
  14. False
  15. texture
  16. a flat 2D area
  17. how light or dark it is
  18. texture
  19. the area around objects
  20. value
  21. False
  22. easel
  23. a moving dot’s path
  24. only length and width
  25. frame
  26. line
  27. False
  28. True
  29. True
  30. space
  31. False
  32. value
  33. False
  34. rough, smooth or bumpy
  35. True
  36. shape
  37. False
  38. True
  39. False
  40. what a rainbow shows

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