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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 387 · 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.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) shape (c) form (d) space
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) can be seen all round (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) what a rainbow shows (d) only length and width
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) form (b) texture (c) colour (d) shape
  8. 8.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) texture (d) line
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) shape (b) value (c) space (d) texture
  11. 11.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a closed flat outline (b) has height, width, depth (c) a long, thin mark (d) gaps between things
  13. 13.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) space
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called value? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) from white to black (d) the area around objects
  15. 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) glue (c) shape (d) colour
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) colour (c) value (d) shape
  17. 17.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) can be seen all round (c) how light or dark it is (d) gaps between things
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) a long, thin mark (c) only length and width (d) a solid 3D object
  21. 21.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) easel
  23. 23.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) frame (c) line (d) texture
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a sense of near and far (c) a long, thin mark (d) a flat 2D area
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) can be seen all round (c) looks furry or scaly (d) the area around objects
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) form (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) colour (c) texture (d) space
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) shape (c) line (d) space
  29. 29.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a flat 2D area (c) a sense of near and far (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) line (b) form (c) shape (d) space
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) the area around objects (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a closed flat outline
  34. 34.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) form (d) space
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) shape (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) colour
  38. 38.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a flat 2D area (d) a sense of near and far
  40. 40.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. True
  3. value
  4. what a rainbow shows
  5. value
  6. colour
  7. colour
  8. False
  9. line
  10. space
  11. True
  12. has height, width, depth
  13. texture
  14. from white to black
  15. glue
  16. shape
  17. True
  18. False
  19. how light or dark it is
  20. only length and width
  21. False
  22. easel
  23. frame
  24. a flat 2D area
  25. a moving dot’s path
  26. texture
  27. form
  28. line
  29. True
  30. True
  31. rough, smooth or bumpy
  32. space
  33. the area around objects
  34. True
  35. form
  36. texture
  37. shape
  38. False
  39. a sense of near and far
  40. False

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