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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 916 · 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) a sense of near and far (b) how a surface feels (c) from white to black (d) a hue, like red or blue
  2. 2.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) shape (d) glue
  4. 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) form (b) shape (c) line (d) value
  6. 6.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) line (c) colour (d) shape
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) value
  11. 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) frame (d) texture
  12. 12.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) easel (d) value
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) line (b) colour (c) space (d) shape
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) texture (b) line (c) form (d) shape
  15. 15.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) space (c) value (d) texture
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a solid 3D object (d) a closed flat outline
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) the area around objects (b) gaps between things (c) a flat 2D area (d) how a surface feels
  18. 18.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) form (c) space (d) value
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) space
  21. 21.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) form (d) space
  23. 23.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called line? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a flat 2D area (d) a sense of near and far
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
  29. 29.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) form (d) space
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) can be seen all round (c) only length and width (d) has height, width, depth
  32. 32.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) value (c) line (d) colour
  34. 34.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) value (b) shape (c) colour (d) line
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a flat 2D area
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) space (b) form (c) value (d) line
  38. 38.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called space? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a sense of near and far (c) a closed flat outline (d) from white to black
  40. 40.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a hue, like red or blue
  2. False
  3. glue
  4. 7
  5. value
  6. True
  7. True
  8. True
  9. line
  10. value
  11. frame
  12. easel
  13. space
  14. form
  15. texture
  16. a closed flat outline
  17. how a surface feels
  18. True
  19. value
  20. shape
  21. False
  22. shape
  23. False
  24. True
  25. False
  26. True
  27. a moving dot’s path
  28. texture
  29. False
  30. space
  31. only length and width
  32. False
  33. form
  34. True
  35. colour
  36. a flat 2D area
  37. line
  38. False
  39. a sense of near and far
  40. True

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