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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 403 · 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 tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) shape
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) space
  4. 4.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) value
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) easel (d) form
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) a long, thin mark (c) what a rainbow shows (d) only length and width
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) how light or dark it is (c) from white to black (d) a long, thin mark
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) line (b) space (c) texture (d) colour
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a sense of near and far (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) from white to black (d) gaps between things
  11. 11.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) gaps between things (d) only length and width
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) form (b) colour (c) value (d) shape
  14. 14.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  15. 15.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  17. 17.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a solid 3D object (c) a long, thin mark (d) what a rainbow shows
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
  22. 22.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) frame (d) texture
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a long, thin mark (c) how a surface feels (d) only length and width
  25. 25.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) has height, width, depth (c) can be seen all round (d) a sense of near and far
  28. 28.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a closed flat outline (c) only length and width (d) can be seen all round
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a closed flat outline (c) the area around objects (d) can be seen all round
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) can be seen all round (d) a sense of near and far
  32. 32.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) space (b) line (c) shape (d) value
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) line (c) value (d) form
  35. 35.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) shape (b) space (c) value (d) texture
  37. 37.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a solid 3D object (c) gaps between things (d) the area around objects
  39. 39.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) glue
  40. 40.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. value
  3. value
  4. False
  5. value
  6. easel
  7. gaps between things
  8. has height, width, depth
  9. colour
  10. from white to black
  11. False
  12. rough, smooth or bumpy
  13. form
  14. texture
  15. True
  16. form
  17. True
  18. False
  19. form
  20. a solid 3D object
  21. line
  22. False
  23. frame
  24. only length and width
  25. False
  26. False
  27. a flat 2D area
  28. True
  29. a long, thin mark
  30. the area around objects
  31. a sense of near and far
  32. False
  33. line
  34. colour
  35. False
  36. texture
  37. True
  38. looks furry or scaly
  39. glue
  40. True

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