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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 124 · 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 element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) form (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a flat 2D area (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a closed flat outline
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a moving dot’s path (c) can be seen all round (d) how a surface feels
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) how a surface feels (c) a flat 2D area (d) gaps between things
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) frame (d) texture
  7. 7.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) space (c) texture (d) value
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) only length and width (c) a closed flat outline (d) the area around objects
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) from white to black (b) looks furry or scaly (c) has height, width, depth (d) a hue, like red or blue
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) from white to black (c) a flat 2D area (d) a closed flat outline
  11. 11.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) form
  14. 14.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) colour (b) form (c) value (d) line
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) shape
  17. 17.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) glue (d) shape
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a flat 2D area (d) the area around objects
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) texture (d) value
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) texture (b) form (c) shape (d) colour
  21. 21.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) line (b) colour (c) value (d) texture
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called form? (a) the area around objects (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) from white to black (d) has height, width, depth
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) from white to black (c) has height, width, depth (d) a flat 2D area
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) form (b) colour (c) shape (d) line
  28. 28.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) space (d) value
  31. 31.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) easel
  32. 32.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a solid 3D object (c) a long, thin mark (d) a closed flat outline
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) can be seen all round (b) only length and width (c) how a surface feels (d) a sense of near and far
  35. 35.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) colour
  37. 37.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) colour (d) value
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) line (b) colour (c) form (d) value
  40. 40.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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