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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 262 · 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) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) space
  3. 3.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) a long, thin mark (c) has height, width, depth (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) gaps between things (c) a flat 2D area (d) the area around objects
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) colour
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) has height, width, depth (c) what a rainbow shows (d) only length and width
  8. 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  9. 9.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called line? (a) the area around objects (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a flat 2D area (d) a long, thin mark
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) texture (b) form (c) colour (d) value
  12. 12.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
  13. 13.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) value
  15. 15.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) texture (b) space (c) value (d) shape
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called form? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) can be seen all round (c) a long, thin mark (d) from white to black
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) how a surface feels (c) gaps between things (d) a closed flat outline
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) line (b) texture (c) colour (d) shape
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) space (d) form
  23. 23.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) value (b) colour (c) shape (d) form
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) shape (b) space (c) texture (d) line
  26. 26.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) looks furry or scaly (c) has height, width, depth (d) a flat 2D area
  30. 30.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) from white to black (b) a solid 3D object (c) looks furry or scaly (d) what a rainbow shows
  34. 34.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) value (c) line (d) form
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) the area around objects (c) how a surface feels (d) a hue, like red or blue
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) form (b) colour (c) line (d) value
  37. 37.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) texture (b) form (c) shape (d) colour
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a moving dot’s path (c) gaps between things (d) how light or dark it is

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. texture
  3. True
  4. rough, smooth or bumpy
  5. a flat 2D area
  6. shape
  7. only length and width
  8. frame
  9. True
  10. a long, thin mark
  11. value
  12. glue
  13. False
  14. value
  15. True
  16. True
  17. False
  18. space
  19. can be seen all round
  20. how a surface feels
  21. texture
  22. space
  23. False
  24. form
  25. texture
  26. False
  27. True
  28. False
  29. looks furry or scaly
  30. False
  31. True
  32. texture
  33. what a rainbow shows
  34. easel
  35. a hue, like red or blue
  36. value
  37. False
  38. True
  39. shape
  40. how light or dark it is

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