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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 205 · 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 is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) form (b) shape (c) texture (d) line
  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 tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) shape (c) texture (d) line
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) the area around objects (c) can be seen all round (d) how light or dark it is
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) form (b) texture (c) value (d) shape
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) shape (d) glue
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) gaps between things (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a flat 2D area
  8. 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) easel (d) value
  9. 9.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) value (b) shape (c) texture (d) space
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a long, thin mark (d) from white to black
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called space? (a) has height, width, depth (b) the area around objects (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a moving dot’s path
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a sense of near and far (c) has height, width, depth (d) a closed flat outline
  14. 14.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  15. 15.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) form (b) texture (c) shape (d) colour
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) line (b) value (c) space (d) form
  18. 18.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) the area around objects (b) gaps between things (c) a long, thin mark (d) a hue, like red or blue
  20. 20.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a solid 3D object (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a long, thin mark (d) a flat 2D area
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a flat 2D area (d) a long, thin mark
  24. 24.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) line (b) value (c) colour (d) texture
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a closed flat outline (c) a sense of near and far (d) looks furry or scaly
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) colour (b) form (c) line (d) texture
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) space (b) texture (c) form (d) shape
  29. 29.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) how a surface feels (d) a closed flat outline
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) value (c) space (d) form
  32. 32.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) has height, width, depth (c) a closed flat outline (d) the area around objects
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) value (b) texture (c) form (d) line
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) form (d) space
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) space (d) value
  37. 37.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called line? (a) only length and width (b) a sense of near and far (c) a moving dot’s path (d) has height, width, depth
  40. 40.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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