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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 118 · 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.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  2. 2.Which of these is the element called space? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a sense of near and far (c) a closed flat outline (d) looks furry or scaly
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a flat 2D area (c) a long, thin mark (d) can be seen all round
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) from white to black (b) a solid 3D object (c) a closed flat outline (d) a hue, like red or blue
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) frame (d) line
  6. 6.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
  7. 7.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) has height, width, depth (b) the area around objects (c) a sense of near and far (d) what a rainbow shows
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) line (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
  11. 11.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) form (c) space (d) shape
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) value (b) line (c) form (d) shape
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called value? (a) can be seen all round (b) has height, width, depth (c) a flat 2D area (d) from white to black
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) value (b) colour (c) shape (d) texture
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called line? (a) from white to black (b) a moving dot’s path (c) what a rainbow shows (d) gaps between things
  18. 18.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) value (d) shape
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a long, thin mark (c) a flat 2D area (d) a hue, like red or blue
  21. 21.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) form (c) easel (d) line
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) texture (b) form (c) space (d) shape
  23. 23.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) glue (c) space (d) shape
  24. 24.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) shape (b) space (c) texture (d) line
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how a surface feels (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) has height, width, depth (d) looks furry or scaly
  27. 27.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) space
  28. 28.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) value (b) colour (c) form (d) texture
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) line (c) space (d) colour
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a flat 2D area (c) gaps between things (d) looks furry or scaly
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how a surface feels (b) a closed flat outline (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) how light or dark it is
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) gaps between things (c) a sense of near and far (d) from white to black
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a flat 2D area (c) from white to black (d) how a surface feels
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  37. 37.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) shape (b) form (c) line (d) value
  39. 39.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) value (b) texture (c) form (d) shape

Answer key

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

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