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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 152 · 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) space (b) colour (c) glue (d) shape
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) line (b) form (c) space (d) shape
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) line (d) value
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) shape (b) value (c) texture (d) colour
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) colour (b) form (c) texture (d) space
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) from white to black (c) can be seen all round (d) only length and width
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called form? (a) from white to black (b) a sense of near and far (c) a closed flat outline (d) has height, width, depth
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) line (d) value
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) line (b) colour (c) shape (d) space
  12. 12.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a solid 3D object (b) has height, width, depth (c) a flat 2D area (d) from white to black
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a flat 2D area (b) how a surface feels (c) from white to black (d) can be seen all round
  16. 16.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) frame
  18. 18.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) from white to black (b) a solid 3D object (c) only length and width (d) a sense of near and far
  22. 22.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) shape (b) line (c) form (d) texture
  24. 24.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) value (b) colour (c) shape (d) line
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) can be seen all round (d) from white to black
  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: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) value (c) easel (d) line
  30. 30.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) form (d) space
  35. 35.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) from white to black (c) a solid 3D object (d) gaps between things
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  38. 38.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) what a rainbow shows (c) has height, width, depth (d) a moving dot’s path

Answer key

  1. glue
  2. 7
  3. form
  4. line
  5. form
  6. colour
  7. space
  8. what a rainbow shows
  9. has height, width, depth
  10. shape
  11. space
  12. False
  13. True
  14. a flat 2D area
  15. how a surface feels
  16. True
  17. frame
  18. True
  19. False
  20. True
  21. only length and width
  22. True
  23. texture
  24. True
  25. line
  26. can be seen all round
  27. texture
  28. True
  29. easel
  30. False
  31. False
  32. False
  33. False
  34. shape
  35. False
  36. from white to black
  37. value
  38. False
  39. False
  40. the area around objects

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