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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 231 · 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.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) form
  4. 4.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) shape
  7. 7.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) shape (c) line (d) space
  9. 9.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) form (b) space (c) value (d) shape
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) looks furry or scaly (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) how a surface feels
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) form (c) shape (d) space
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a solid 3D object (d) can be seen all round
  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 “only length and width”? (a) form (b) space (c) shape (d) texture
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) texture (b) form (c) space (d) colour
  17. 17.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) how a surface feels (c) looks furry or scaly (d) what a rainbow shows
  19. 19.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) glue (c) space (d) shape
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) how a surface feels (c) a closed flat outline (d) a solid 3D object
  21. 21.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) colour
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a solid 3D object (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a sense of near and far (d) a hue, like red or blue
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a flat 2D area (b) the area around objects (c) can be seen all round (d) has height, width, depth
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) line (b) texture (c) colour (d) form
  26. 26.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) value
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) gaps between things (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) gaps between things (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a moving dot’s path
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) line (b) form (c) colour (d) space
  31. 31.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) space (b) shape (c) form (d) texture
  34. 34.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) frame (d) value
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) form (c) colour (d) space
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how a surface feels (b) the area around objects (c) a solid 3D object (d) only length and width
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a long, thin mark (c) what a rainbow shows (d) looks furry or scaly
  38. 38.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) what a rainbow shows (c) looks furry or scaly (d) from white to black
  40. 40.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) texture (d) line

Answer key

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

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