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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 282 · 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.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) easel
  4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) glue (d) shape
  5. 5.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called line? (a) gaps between things (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a closed flat outline (d) a hue, like red or blue
  7. 7.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a sense of near and far (c) a flat 2D area (d) a long, thin mark
  10. 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  11. 11.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) form (b) colour (c) texture (d) line
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) form (b) shape (c) space (d) line
  15. 15.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) texture (b) space (c) shape (d) value
  18. 18.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) how a surface feels (c) has height, width, depth (d) the area around objects
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) value
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) line (c) form (d) value
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) space (b) colour (c) shape (d) line
  23. 23.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) how a surface feels (c) a closed flat outline (d) a long, thin mark
  26. 26.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how light or dark it is (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a solid 3D object
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) gaps between things (c) the area around objects (d) can be seen all round
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) space (d) form
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) colour (d) line
  31. 31.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) colour (b) value (c) form (d) shape
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) form (d) value
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) from white to black (c) a flat 2D area (d) what a rainbow shows
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) space
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) colour (b) form (c) line (d) texture
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) line (c) shape (d) form
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a long, thin mark (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a flat 2D area (d) looks furry or scaly
  39. 39.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. False
  3. easel
  4. glue
  5. False
  6. a moving dot’s path
  7. False
  8. True
  9. a sense of near and far
  10. frame
  11. True
  12. True
  13. form
  14. line
  15. True
  16. False
  17. shape
  18. False
  19. how a surface feels
  20. value
  21. line
  22. colour
  23. True
  24. True
  25. a closed flat outline
  26. False
  27. rough, smooth or bumpy
  28. can be seen all round
  29. space
  30. texture
  31. True
  32. value
  33. texture
  34. a flat 2D area
  35. space
  36. texture
  37. shape
  38. looks furry or scaly
  39. False
  40. True

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