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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 278 · 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) colour (b) glue (c) space (d) shape
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a solid 3D object (c) can be seen all round (d) only length and width
  4. 4.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) has height, width, depth (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a solid 3D object
  7. 7.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) space (d) value
  8. 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) easel
  9. 9.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) value (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) how a surface feels (c) what a rainbow shows (d) from white to black
  13. 13.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) frame (d) value
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) looks furry or scaly (d) what a rainbow shows
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) value (c) colour (d) shape
  17. 17.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) form (b) value (c) space (d) colour
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) how a surface feels (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a long, thin mark
  20. 20.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called line? (a) from white to black (b) the area around objects (c) a sense of near and far (d) a long, thin mark
  22. 22.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) space (b) colour (c) form (d) texture
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) has height, width, depth
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) texture (d) space
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) looks furry or scaly (c) has height, width, depth (d) can be seen all round
  30. 30.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) form (c) texture (d) colour
  32. 32.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) texture (d) form
  34. 34.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) the area around objects (b) a sense of near and far (c) how light or dark it is (d) a hue, like red or blue
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) colour
  39. 39.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) space (b) colour (c) shape (d) line

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. glue
  3. only length and width
  4. True
  5. False
  6. how light or dark it is
  7. texture
  8. easel
  9. False
  10. False
  11. space
  12. from white to black
  13. frame
  14. can be seen all round
  15. value
  16. shape
  17. True
  18. value
  19. how a surface feels
  20. False
  21. a long, thin mark
  22. False
  23. True
  24. False
  25. True
  26. colour
  27. the area around objects
  28. colour
  29. a moving dot’s path
  30. False
  31. space
  32. True
  33. texture
  34. False
  35. False
  36. False
  37. a hue, like red or blue
  38. shape
  39. False
  40. shape

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