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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 314 · 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) shape (c) space (d) glue
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) value (c) space (d) colour
  4. 4.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) space (c) value (d) line
  6. 6.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called line? (a) gaps between things (b) a closed flat outline (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a moving dot’s path
  8. 8.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) value (c) line (d) easel
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) form
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) can be seen all round
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a flat 2D area (c) a moving dot’s path (d) can be seen all round
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) value (b) texture (c) space (d) shape
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) can be seen all round (c) a closed flat outline (d) a flat 2D area
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) has height, width, depth (d) looks furry or scaly
  16. 16.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called line? (a) gaps between things (b) a closed flat outline (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a long, thin mark
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) form
  19. 19.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) form (b) space (c) texture (d) line
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) space (b) line (c) colour (d) shape
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) texture (c) line (d) space
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called value? (a) the area around objects (b) how light or dark it is (c) a sense of near and far (d) gaps between things
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) space (b) line (c) texture (d) form
  26. 26.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  29. 29.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) texture (d) form
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) line (b) form (c) texture (d) space
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how a surface feels (b) how light or dark it is (c) can be seen all round (d) a flat 2D area
  33. 33.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) frame
  35. 35.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) how light or dark it is (d) a solid 3D object
  37. 37.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) form (d) line
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) gaps between things (b) what a rainbow shows (c) only length and width (d) a closed flat outline

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. glue
  3. shape
  4. False
  5. shape
  6. False
  7. a moving dot’s path
  8. True
  9. easel
  10. value
  11. can be seen all round
  12. a flat 2D area
  13. space
  14. a sense of near and far
  15. has height, width, depth
  16. False
  17. a long, thin mark
  18. form
  19. False
  20. texture
  21. value
  22. colour
  23. line
  24. how light or dark it is
  25. form
  26. True
  27. False
  28. texture
  29. False
  30. texture
  31. form
  32. how a surface feels
  33. True
  34. frame
  35. False
  36. a closed flat outline
  37. False
  38. False
  39. shape
  40. what a rainbow shows

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