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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 956 · 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) how a surface feels (b) from white to black (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a flat 2D area
  2. 2.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  3. 3.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  5. 5.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) colour (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  7. 7.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) value (c) shape (d) line
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) how light or dark it is (c) looks furry or scaly (d) has height, width, depth
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) shape (b) value (c) colour (d) form
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) line (c) shape (d) value
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) value (c) colour (d) form
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) form (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called line? (a) the area around objects (b) a long, thin mark (c) has height, width, depth (d) a hue, like red or blue
  16. 16.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) form (b) space (c) line (d) texture
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) colour (b) form (c) shape (d) texture
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a flat 2D area (b) gaps between things (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a solid 3D object
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) has height, width, depth (c) looks furry or scaly (d) from white to black
  22. 22.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) has height, width, depth (c) how light or dark it is (d) can be seen all round
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) space (b) form (c) colour (d) value
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called line? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) from white to black (c) a moving dot’s path (d) only length and width
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) shape (c) form (d) texture
  27. 27.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) gaps between things (c) a sense of near and far (d) a long, thin mark
  29. 29.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) frame
  31. 31.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) space (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) from white to black (c) can be seen all round (d) a solid 3D object
  35. 35.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) colour (c) shape (d) space
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) colour (b) form (c) texture (d) shape
  38. 38.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a closed flat outline (c) has height, width, depth (d) the area around objects

Answer key

  1. a flat 2D area
  2. texture
  3. True
  4. line
  5. 7
  6. value
  7. False
  8. True
  9. value
  10. has height, width, depth
  11. form
  12. shape
  13. space
  14. colour
  15. a long, thin mark
  16. False
  17. value
  18. texture
  19. form
  20. what a rainbow shows
  21. a hue, like red or blue
  22. True
  23. looks furry or scaly
  24. form
  25. a moving dot’s path
  26. shape
  27. True
  28. only length and width
  29. False
  30. frame
  31. True
  32. False
  33. texture
  34. rough, smooth or bumpy
  35. False
  36. glue
  37. texture
  38. False
  39. False
  40. a closed flat outline

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