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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 223 · 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.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  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 “a long, thin mark”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) line (d) texture
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) line (b) space (c) value (d) shape
  5. 5.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) a closed flat outline (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a solid 3D object
  8. 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) shape (c) glue (d) space
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) from white to black (d) only length and width
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a flat 2D area (c) a solid 3D object (d) a long, thin mark
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a closed flat outline (b) how a surface feels (c) what a rainbow shows (d) only length and width
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a sense of near and far (b) from white to black (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a solid 3D object
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) can be seen all round (c) only length and width (d) a hue, like red or blue
  14. 14.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) easel
  15. 15.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a flat 2D area (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a moving dot’s path
  18. 18.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) frame (d) line
  19. 19.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called space? (a) from white to black (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a sense of near and far (d) a long, thin mark
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) form (b) value (c) space (d) line
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) form (b) shape (c) line (d) colour
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) shape (c) line (d) value
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) line (d) texture
  26. 26.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) form (b) space (c) line (d) value
  29. 29.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) how a surface feels (c) has height, width, depth (d) a flat 2D area
  31. 31.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) can be seen all round (d) only length and width
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) colour (b) line (c) form (d) space
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) form
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) form (d) line
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) shape
  37. 37.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) value
  40. 40.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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