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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 221 · 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 “how a surface feels”? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) texture
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) the area around objects (c) a closed flat outline (d) a solid 3D object
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a long, thin mark (c) gaps between things (d) a flat 2D area
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) value (c) easel (d) line
  6. 6.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) from white to black (b) the area around objects (c) how a surface feels (d) gaps between things
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) space (c) form (d) value
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) value (d) line
  11. 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) glue
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called space? (a) from white to black (b) only length and width (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a sense of near and far
  13. 13.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) line (d) shape
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  17. 17.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a closed flat outline (b) the area around objects (c) only length and width (d) looks furry or scaly
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called line? (a) from white to black (b) how light or dark it is (c) a long, thin mark (d) what a rainbow shows
  22. 22.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) texture (d) line
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) line (b) colour (c) space (d) value
  24. 24.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how a surface feels (b) a closed flat outline (c) has height, width, depth (d) only length and width
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) a sense of near and far (c) gaps between things (d) how a surface feels
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) looks furry or scaly (c) from white to black (d) can be seen all round
  28. 28.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called line? (a) only length and width (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a moving dot’s path (d) can be seen all round
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) colour
  32. 32.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a closed flat outline (b) from white to black (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a hue, like red or blue
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a moving dot’s path (c) looks furry or scaly (d) only length and width
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how a surface feels (b) a sense of near and far (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) looks furry or scaly
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a flat 2D area (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) has height, width, depth (d) what a rainbow shows
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) form (d) space
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) colour (b) space (c) value (d) form
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) shape (c) texture (d) colour
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) shape (c) colour (d) space

Answer key

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

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