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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 988 · 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 tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) texture
  3. 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  5. 5.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a sense of near and far (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) has height, width, depth
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) the area around objects (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) looks furry or scaly
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a long, thin mark (c) looks furry or scaly (d) what a rainbow shows
  9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) frame (d) texture
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a long, thin mark (b) gaps between things (c) how light or dark it is (d) only length and width
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) space (c) texture (d) colour
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called space? (a) from white to black (b) how light or dark it is (c) the area around objects (d) a hue, like red or blue
  13. 13.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) glue (d) shape
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how light or dark it is (b) has height, width, depth (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a closed flat outline
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) space
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) gaps between things (c) a long, thin mark (d) looks furry or scaly
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a solid 3D object (c) how a surface feels (d) a sense of near and far
  18. 18.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a long, thin mark (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) gaps between things
  20. 20.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) line (d) texture
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) shape (c) form (d) space
  23. 23.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  27. 27.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) form (b) colour (c) line (d) value
  29. 29.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) only length and width (c) the area around objects (d) how a surface feels
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a solid 3D object (c) what a rainbow shows (d) only length and width
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) space (c) form (d) line
  34. 34.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called line? (a) gaps between things (b) a moving dot’s path (c) the area around objects (d) a flat 2D area
  36. 36.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) colour
  38. 38.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) easel (c) line (d) form
  39. 39.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. value
  2. value
  3. 7
  4. form
  5. False
  6. what a rainbow shows
  7. a hue, like red or blue
  8. looks furry or scaly
  9. frame
  10. how light or dark it is
  11. shape
  12. the area around objects
  13. glue
  14. has height, width, depth
  15. space
  16. a long, thin mark
  17. a sense of near and far
  18. True
  19. gaps between things
  20. False
  21. texture
  22. line
  23. True
  24. False
  25. False
  26. texture
  27. True
  28. value
  29. True
  30. True
  31. how a surface feels
  32. only length and width
  33. texture
  34. False
  35. a moving dot’s path
  36. True
  37. shape
  38. easel
  39. False
  40. False

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