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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 266 · 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 the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) how a surface feels
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) colour (b) value (c) space (d) shape
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called form? (a) the area around objects (b) how a surface feels (c) has height, width, depth (d) from white to black
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) glue
  7. 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) frame (d) texture
  8. 8.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) colour
  12. 12.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) value (c) space (d) texture
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) form
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) form (d) line
  16. 16.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) space
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called space? (a) from white to black (b) how a surface feels (c) the area around objects (d) a solid 3D object
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called value? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) how light or dark it is (c) has height, width, depth (d) how a surface feels
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) line (b) shape (c) space (d) texture
  21. 21.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) space (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
  24. 24.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) form (c) easel (d) value
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) space (b) line (c) shape (d) value
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a flat 2D area (c) gaps between things (d) a long, thin mark
  27. 27.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a flat 2D area (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a solid 3D object (d) only length and width
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) form (c) shape (d) value
  30. 30.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) value (b) shape (c) form (d) line
  32. 32.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) space (b) texture (c) form (d) value
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) value (b) space (c) colour (d) form
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) the area around objects (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a flat 2D area
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) line (c) colour (d) texture
  40. 40.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. a long, thin mark
  3. value
  4. has height, width, depth
  5. value
  6. glue
  7. frame
  8. False
  9. False
  10. True
  11. texture
  12. False
  13. form
  14. shape
  15. texture
  16. False
  17. texture
  18. the area around objects
  19. how light or dark it is
  20. space
  21. True
  22. True
  23. value
  24. easel
  25. line
  26. gaps between things
  27. False
  28. what a rainbow shows
  29. space
  30. True
  31. shape
  32. False
  33. True
  34. True
  35. True
  36. form
  37. colour
  38. a flat 2D area
  39. line
  40. True

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