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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 270 · 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 “has height, width, depth”? (a) colour (b) form (c) texture (d) value
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a flat 2D area (c) how a surface feels (d) a solid 3D object
  4. 4.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) line (b) colour (c) value (d) space
  7. 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) easel (c) line (d) value
  8. 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) frame (c) texture (d) line
  9. 9.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) shape (c) value (d) line
  11. 11.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
  13. 13.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) form (b) colour (c) shape (d) line
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a flat 2D area (d) the area around objects
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) texture (b) value (c) space (d) form
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a flat 2D area (c) looks furry or scaly (d) can be seen all round
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) space (c) shape (d) line
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called space? (a) only length and width (b) gaps between things (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a flat 2D area
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a moving dot’s path (c) only length and width (d) how a surface feels
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a flat 2D area (d) a moving dot’s path
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a solid 3D object (b) how a surface feels (c) how light or dark it is (d) a closed flat outline
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a moving dot’s path (c) how a surface feels (d) gaps between things
  24. 24.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) space (c) value (d) texture
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) space (b) colour (c) texture (d) form
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) space (b) line (c) form (d) texture
  27. 27.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) can be seen all round (c) from white to black (d) a moving dot’s path
  30. 30.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) form (c) shape (d) colour
  32. 32.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a closed flat outline (b) what a rainbow shows (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a hue, like red or blue
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) only length and width (c) a flat 2D area (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  35. 35.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a solid 3D object (b) how light or dark it is (c) gaps between things (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) space (d) colour
  38. 38.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) texture (b) line (c) form (d) colour
  40. 40.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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