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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 324 · 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 element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) space (c) form (d) colour
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) form (d) value
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a flat 2D area (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) can be seen all round
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called space? (a) from white to black (b) the area around objects (c) only length and width (d) a solid 3D object
  6. 6.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) form (b) line (c) shape (d) colour
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) from white to black (d) can be seen all round
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) from white to black (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a moving dot’s path
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) from white to black (d) only length and width
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) line (b) texture (c) form (d) space
  12. 12.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) colour (c) space (d) shape
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) space (b) line (c) colour (d) form
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) colour (d) value
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called line? (a) can be seen all round (b) a sense of near and far (c) a moving dot’s path (d) only length and width
  16. 16.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) frame (d) value
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) gaps between things (c) can be seen all round (d) how light or dark it is
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) line (b) space (c) value (d) shape
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a closed flat outline (d) the area around objects
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a closed flat outline (c) a long, thin mark (d) a hue, like red or blue
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) colour (b) form (c) value (d) line
  22. 22.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) form (b) value (c) texture (d) colour
  25. 25.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) line (b) form (c) texture (d) value
  27. 27.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a flat 2D area (d) how a surface feels
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) line (c) form (d) space
  34. 34.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called form? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a sense of near and far (c) has height, width, depth (d) the area around objects
  37. 37.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called form? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a solid 3D object (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) colour
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) line (d) space

Answer key

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

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