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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 918 · 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 line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) the area around objects (c) looks furry or scaly (d) only length and width
  2. 2.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a sense of near and far (d) a moving dot’s path
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) form (b) texture (c) value (d) colour
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) form
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) form (c) line (d) shape
  6. 6.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a flat 2D area (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) gaps between things
  8. 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) frame
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a moving dot’s path (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a long, thin mark
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called line? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a moving dot’s path (c) looks furry or scaly (d) only length and width
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) value (b) shape (c) space (d) texture
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) colour (b) line (c) value (d) space
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called form? (a) gaps between things (b) from white to black (c) can be seen all round (d) a hue, like red or blue
  14. 14.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  16. 16.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called form? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) only length and width (c) has height, width, depth (d) the area around objects
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) value (c) texture (d) space
  20. 20.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) how light or dark it is (c) a flat 2D area (d) a hue, like red or blue
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called value? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a sense of near and far (c) from white to black (d) a flat 2D area
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) shape
  25. 25.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) the area around objects (c) only length and width (d) a solid 3D object
  29. 29.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) value (c) form (d) line
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) has height, width, depth (c) how a surface feels (d) a closed flat outline
  32. 32.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) form (b) colour (c) line (d) texture
  35. 35.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) line (b) value (c) colour (d) texture
  37. 37.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) space (c) form (d) texture
  39. 39.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) value (d) form

Answer key

  1. a long, thin mark
  2. only length and width
  3. texture
  4. value
  5. line
  6. 7
  7. gaps between things
  8. frame
  9. rough, smooth or bumpy
  10. a moving dot’s path
  11. shape
  12. space
  13. can be seen all round
  14. False
  15. texture
  16. False
  17. True
  18. has height, width, depth
  19. form
  20. False
  21. True
  22. a flat 2D area
  23. from white to black
  24. value
  25. False
  26. False
  27. True
  28. the area around objects
  29. glue
  30. line
  31. a closed flat outline
  32. False
  33. True
  34. texture
  35. True
  36. colour
  37. False
  38. shape
  39. False
  40. easel

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