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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 967 · 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 element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) space (c) value (d) form
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) shape (c) space (d) texture
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a flat 2D area (c) how light or dark it is (d) what a rainbow shows
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called space? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a sense of near and far (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a solid 3D object
  7. 7.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) line (b) space (c) colour (d) form
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a sense of near and far (c) how light or dark it is (d) a flat 2D area
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called form? (a) the area around objects (b) a solid 3D object (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a closed flat outline
  12. 12.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) how a surface feels (c) has height, width, depth (d) a closed flat outline
  15. 15.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) shape (c) glue (d) colour
  17. 17.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called value? (a) gaps between things (b) a long, thin mark (c) what a rainbow shows (d) how light or dark it is
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
  20. 20.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a closed flat outline (c) how light or dark it is (d) a long, thin mark
  22. 22.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) space
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called line? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) how light or dark it is (c) a moving dot’s path (d) the area around objects
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) form
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called value? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a moving dot’s path (c) from white to black (d) only length and width
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a flat 2D area (c) the area around objects (d) can be seen all round
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) form (b) colour (c) shape (d) texture
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a long, thin mark (c) gaps between things (d) has height, width, depth
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) line (b) colour (c) shape (d) space
  30. 30.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) value (d) space
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) space (b) colour (c) texture (d) form
  33. 33.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) frame
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) form (b) texture (c) space (d) colour
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) colour (d) line
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) a sense of near and far (c) from white to black (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) colour (c) value (d) texture
  38. 38.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) form (c) value (d) line
  40. 40.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. value
  2. 7
  3. False
  4. line
  5. has height, width, depth
  6. a sense of near and far
  7. True
  8. space
  9. shape
  10. a flat 2D area
  11. a solid 3D object
  12. False
  13. True
  14. a closed flat outline
  15. True
  16. glue
  17. False
  18. how light or dark it is
  19. value
  20. False
  21. a long, thin mark
  22. texture
  23. a moving dot’s path
  24. form
  25. from white to black
  26. a hue, like red or blue
  27. texture
  28. gaps between things
  29. space
  30. True
  31. value
  32. texture
  33. frame
  34. colour
  35. line
  36. rough, smooth or bumpy
  37. space
  38. True
  39. easel
  40. False

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