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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 984 · 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 NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
  2. 2.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) form (d) value
  4. 4.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) space (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 of these is the element called colour? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) has height, width, depth (c) can be seen all round (d) a hue, like red or blue
  7. 7.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called line? (a) has height, width, depth (b) how light or dark it is (c) a flat 2D area (d) a moving dot’s path
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) colour (b) space (c) texture (d) line
  10. 10.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) value (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a solid 3D object (b) what a rainbow shows (c) how light or dark it is (d) looks furry or scaly
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a flat 2D area (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a solid 3D object
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
  15. 15.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) frame (d) line
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) form (b) value (c) space (d) colour
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) value (d) space
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called value? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) from white to black (d) a moving dot’s path
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) form (b) shape (c) line (d) value
  23. 23.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  27. 27.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) value (c) shape (d) texture
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called form? (a) gaps between things (b) can be seen all round (c) looks furry or scaly (d) how a surface feels
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) can be seen all round (c) how light or dark it is (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  32. 32.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) line (b) shape (c) colour (d) value
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a long, thin mark (c) from white to black (d) looks furry or scaly
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) shape (b) form (c) texture (d) value
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) how a surface feels (c) a flat 2D area (d) looks furry or scaly
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) space (d) value
  38. 38.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) value (b) form (c) line (d) shape
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) form (c) texture (d) value

Answer key

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

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