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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 90 · 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 space. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) texture (b) value (c) colour (d) form
  4. 4.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  6. 6.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a long, thin mark (c) can be seen all round (d) a hue, like red or blue
  8. 8.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a solid 3D object (c) a closed flat outline (d) a hue, like red or blue
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a closed flat outline (b) the area around objects (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a solid 3D object
  11. 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) frame (c) line (d) value
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) colour (c) texture (d) value
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a long, thin mark (c) how a surface feels (d) can be seen all round
  14. 14.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) a closed flat outline (c) only length and width (d) a flat 2D area
  16. 16.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) the area around objects (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a moving dot’s path
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) how a surface feels (c) a solid 3D object (d) a sense of near and far
  19. 19.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) line (b) form (c) colour (d) shape
  22. 22.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a sense of near and far (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a flat 2D area
  24. 24.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) easel (d) value
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a long, thin mark (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) has height, width, depth (d) how light or dark it is
  26. 26.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a sense of near and far (d) a moving dot’s path
  29. 29.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) colour (c) form (d) line
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) value (b) line (c) colour (d) texture
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) colour (b) form (c) space (d) shape
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) space (b) colour (c) value (d) line
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) space (b) texture (c) value (d) colour
  37. 37.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) form (b) value (c) space (d) colour
  39. 39.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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