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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 309 · 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) space (b) colour (c) shape (d) glue
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) frame (d) line
  4. 4.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) form (d) line
  6. 6.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how a surface feels (b) a moving dot’s path (c) from white to black (d) can be seen all round
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) form (b) colour (c) value (d) texture
  9. 9.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) line (c) form (d) colour
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how a surface feels (b) the area around objects (c) from white to black (d) a flat 2D area
  12. 12.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) value (b) colour (c) form (d) space
  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 flat 2D area”? (a) texture (b) space (c) value (d) shape
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) line (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) colour
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) from white to black (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a hue, like red or blue
  21. 21.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how a surface feels (b) gaps between things (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a closed flat outline
  23. 23.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) form
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) form (c) shape (d) colour
  26. 26.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how light or dark it is (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) from white to black (d) gaps between things
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a flat 2D area (d) gaps between things
  31. 31.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) value (c) line (d) form
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) value (b) shape (c) texture (d) space
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) from white to black (b) can be seen all round (c) a long, thin mark (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) form (c) shape (d) texture
  36. 36.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) form (b) value (c) space (d) shape
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) the area around objects (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a sense of near and far
  39. 39.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a solid 3D object (c) a sense of near and far (d) a hue, like red or blue

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. glue
  3. frame
  4. True
  5. form
  6. texture
  7. can be seen all round
  8. texture
  9. False
  10. shape
  11. how a surface feels
  12. True
  13. True
  14. False
  15. form
  16. False
  17. shape
  18. colour
  19. line
  20. looks furry or scaly
  21. False
  22. a hue, like red or blue
  23. True
  24. texture
  25. line
  26. True
  27. True
  28. value
  29. gaps between things
  30. a moving dot’s path
  31. False
  32. easel
  33. space
  34. rough, smooth or bumpy
  35. space
  36. True
  37. space
  38. has height, width, depth
  39. False
  40. a solid 3D object

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