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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 261 · 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) line (b) value (c) easel (d) form
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  4. 4.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called line? (a) from white to black (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a long, thin mark (d) a flat 2D area
  7. 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) shape (c) glue (d) space
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) colour (b) form (c) shape (d) texture
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) line (b) shape (c) form (d) value
  10. 10.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a sense of near and far (c) how a surface feels (d) a flat 2D area
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how a surface feels (b) a sense of near and far (c) has height, width, depth (d) only length and width
  13. 13.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) shape
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) a flat 2D area (c) what a rainbow shows (d) looks furry or scaly
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called line? (a) only length and width (b) a moving dot’s path (c) the area around objects (d) gaps between things
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) line (b) form (c) space (d) shape
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  19. 19.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) form (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called form? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a flat 2D area (c) how light or dark it is (d) has height, width, depth
  24. 24.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) a flat 2D area (c) from white to black (d) a hue, like red or blue
  26. 26.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) colour (b) form (c) space (d) shape
  28. 28.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) has height, width, depth (c) how light or dark it is (d) the area around objects
  31. 31.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how a surface feels (b) a closed flat outline (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a solid 3D object
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) space (b) texture (c) line (d) shape
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a closed flat outline (c) a long, thin mark (d) from white to black
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) has height, width, depth (c) from white to black (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) shape
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) form (b) colour (c) value (d) shape
  38. 38.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) value (d) space

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. easel
  3. frame
  4. True
  5. True
  6. a long, thin mark
  7. glue
  8. texture
  9. shape
  10. texture
  11. how a surface feels
  12. a sense of near and far
  13. False
  14. value
  15. a flat 2D area
  16. a moving dot’s path
  17. form
  18. line
  19. False
  20. True
  21. True
  22. shape
  23. has height, width, depth
  24. True
  25. can be seen all round
  26. False
  27. form
  28. False
  29. True
  30. how light or dark it is
  31. False
  32. a solid 3D object
  33. texture
  34. from white to black
  35. rough, smooth or bumpy
  36. space
  37. value
  38. False
  39. False
  40. space

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