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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 167 · 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 NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) frame
  3. 3.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called line? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a long, thin mark (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a closed flat outline
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) texture (b) line (c) space (d) colour
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) texture (b) space (c) colour (d) form
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) line (c) form (d) space
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) space (c) value (d) line
  10. 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) glue (c) colour (d) shape
  11. 11.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) form (b) space (c) shape (d) texture
  14. 14.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) value (b) line (c) form (d) shape
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) space
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) can be seen all round (c) a moving dot’s path (d) how light or dark it is
  18. 18.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) space (c) value (d) texture
  21. 21.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) how light or dark it is (c) has height, width, depth (d) only length and width
  23. 23.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) form (b) shape (c) value (d) line
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) texture (c) form (d) space
  27. 27.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) form (c) line (d) easel
  28. 28.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) only length and width (c) a flat 2D area (d) the area around objects
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a sense of near and far (c) can be seen all round (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  31. 31.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) a moving dot’s path (c) only length and width (d) a solid 3D object
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) form (c) colour (d) line
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) shape (b) form (c) texture (d) space
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) looks furry or scaly (c) can be seen all round (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) can be seen all round (c) from white to black (d) how light or dark it is
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a long, thin mark (c) what a rainbow shows (d) looks furry or scaly
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) how a surface feels (c) a flat 2D area (d) the area around objects

Answer key

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

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