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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 920 · 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 shape? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a closed flat outline (d) the area around objects
  2. 2.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a sense of near and far (b) how a surface feels (c) the area around objects (d) how light or dark it is
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) form (b) line (c) shape (d) space
  4. 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) frame (d) texture
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) space (b) line (c) colour (d) texture
  7. 7.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) the area around objects (b) only length and width (c) can be seen all round (d) what a rainbow shows
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) has height, width, depth (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a moving dot’s path (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  10. 10.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) value (b) form (c) shape (d) space
  13. 13.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) texture (d) form
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called space? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) what a rainbow shows (d) the area around objects
  16. 16.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) easel (c) value (d) line
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) colour (b) form (c) value (d) space
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a flat 2D area (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a solid 3D object
  19. 19.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) from white to black (c) a long, thin mark (d) what a rainbow shows
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) space
  22. 22.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called space? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) gaps between things (d) a closed flat outline
  24. 24.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) glue (d) shape
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) form (d) line
  26. 26.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a closed flat outline (c) a long, thin mark (d) from white to black
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a moving dot’s path (c) can be seen all round (d) looks furry or scaly
  29. 29.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a sense of near and far (b) can be seen all round (c) gaps between things (d) a flat 2D area
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) from white to black (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a flat 2D area
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) form (b) texture (c) colour (d) shape
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) form (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  34. 34.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a solid 3D object (d) only length and width
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) line (c) form (d) texture
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
  38. 38.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a closed flat outline (c) a sense of near and far (d) looks furry or scaly
  40. 40.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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