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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 379 · 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 solid 3D object”? (a) line (b) form (c) colour (d) shape
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called value? (a) has height, width, depth (b) from white to black (c) a long, thin mark (d) gaps between things
  4. 4.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) form (d) easel
  7. 7.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) space (b) form (c) colour (d) shape
  9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) glue (d) shape
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) space (c) texture (d) line
  11. 11.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) can be seen all round (c) from white to black (d) a flat 2D area
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) space
  14. 14.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  16. 16.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) space (c) value (d) texture
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) form (c) line (d) space
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) how a surface feels (c) has height, width, depth (d) a long, thin mark
  19. 19.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) line (b) colour (c) shape (d) space
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) space (b) texture (c) colour (d) value
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) texture (b) space (c) form (d) shape
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how light or dark it is (b) gaps between things (c) can be seen all round (d) only length and width
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) space
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called form? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a solid 3D object (d) the area around objects
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called line? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a closed flat outline (c) a long, thin mark (d) has height, width, depth
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) how a surface feels (c) gaps between things (d) from white to black
  28. 28.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) colour (c) line (d) value
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called line? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) looks furry or scaly
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) gaps between things (c) a flat 2D area (d) looks furry or scaly
  33. 33.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) space (d) line
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a closed flat outline (c) a sense of near and far (d) a moving dot’s path
  39. 39.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. form
  3. from white to black
  4. True
  5. True
  6. easel
  7. True
  8. form
  9. glue
  10. line
  11. True
  12. a flat 2D area
  13. texture
  14. True
  15. frame
  16. texture
  17. shape
  18. has height, width, depth
  19. True
  20. space
  21. value
  22. space
  23. only length and width
  24. value
  25. a solid 3D object
  26. a long, thin mark
  27. how a surface feels
  28. True
  29. line
  30. a moving dot’s path
  31. value
  32. what a rainbow shows
  33. True
  34. True
  35. False
  36. False
  37. texture
  38. a closed flat outline
  39. False
  40. True

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