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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 269 · 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) value (b) texture (c) line (d) frame
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) easel
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) form (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
  6. 6.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) how a surface feels (c) has height, width, depth (d) only length and width
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) what a rainbow shows (c) can be seen all round (d) how light or dark it is
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called value? (a) can be seen all round (b) how light or dark it is (c) a solid 3D object (d) a flat 2D area
  10. 10.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) the area around objects (c) a moving dot’s path (d) from white to black
  12. 12.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) form (b) texture (c) colour (d) space
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called line? (a) only length and width (b) a sense of near and far (c) has height, width, depth (d) a moving dot’s path
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) shape (c) value (d) line
  17. 17.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) glue (c) space (d) shape
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) space (c) texture (d) colour
  22. 22.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) how a surface feels (c) only length and width (d) a flat 2D area
  26. 26.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) shape (b) value (c) colour (d) space
  29. 29.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) space (d) line
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) colour (b) value (c) shape (d) space
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) space (d) line
  37. 37.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) space (b) colour (c) texture (d) value
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) form (c) value (d) line
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a sense of near and far (d) can be seen all round

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. frame
  3. value
  4. easel
  5. shape
  6. texture
  7. only length and width
  8. what a rainbow shows
  9. how light or dark it is
  10. True
  11. looks furry or scaly
  12. False
  13. True
  14. colour
  15. a moving dot’s path
  16. space
  17. True
  18. True
  19. True
  20. glue
  21. value
  22. True
  23. False
  24. False
  25. a hue, like red or blue
  26. False
  27. False
  28. space
  29. False
  30. False
  31. True
  32. True
  33. False
  34. line
  35. space
  36. texture
  37. False
  38. texture
  39. line
  40. rough, smooth or bumpy

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