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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 321 · 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.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) from white to black (b) how a surface feels (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a flat 2D area
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) glue (c) space (d) colour
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) value
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) the area around objects (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a moving dot’s path
  6. 6.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called space? (a) only length and width (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) the area around objects
  8. 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) easel (c) form (d) line
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) gaps between things (c) looks furry or scaly (d) from white to black
  10. 10.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) texture (b) space (c) colour (d) line
  12. 12.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) only length and width (c) a long, thin mark (d) from white to black
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called form? (a) gaps between things (b) only length and width (c) a solid 3D object (d) a long, thin mark
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) value
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) form (b) colour (c) texture (d) space
  17. 17.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) a long, thin mark (c) a closed flat outline (d) what a rainbow shows
  19. 19.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) shape (b) line (c) texture (d) form
  21. 21.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) value (b) form (c) texture (d) space
  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 “a sense of near and far”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) value
  25. 25.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a closed flat outline (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) can be seen all round
  30. 30.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) space (b) colour (c) shape (d) value
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) has height, width, depth (b) how light or dark it is (c) a closed flat outline (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  35. 35.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) gaps between things (c) only length and width (d) a hue, like red or blue
  37. 37.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  38. 38.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) line (b) space (c) colour (d) form

Answer key

  1. what a rainbow shows
  2. 7
  3. glue
  4. shape
  5. looks furry or scaly
  6. True
  7. the area around objects
  8. easel
  9. from white to black
  10. True
  11. colour
  12. True
  13. a sense of near and far
  14. a solid 3D object
  15. value
  16. form
  17. False
  18. a closed flat outline
  19. False
  20. form
  21. False
  22. texture
  23. True
  24. space
  25. False
  26. True
  27. False
  28. False
  29. a hue, like red or blue
  30. False
  31. False
  32. True
  33. colour
  34. rough, smooth or bumpy
  35. True
  36. how light or dark it is
  37. texture
  38. True
  39. True
  40. form

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