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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 410 · 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: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) form (b) colour (c) value (d) line
  4. 4.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a solid 3D object (c) a closed flat outline (d) has height, width, depth
  7. 7.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) form
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called value? (a) can be seen all round (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a closed flat outline (d) how light or dark it is
  11. 11.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  14. 14.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) glue (c) shape (d) colour
  15. 15.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) a moving dot’s path (c) can be seen all round (d) a flat 2D area
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) how a surface feels (c) a long, thin mark (d) how light or dark it is
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) line (c) form (d) shape
  19. 19.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) form (c) space (d) value
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) form (d) space
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) gaps between things (c) what a rainbow shows (d) can be seen all round
  23. 23.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) value (c) form (d) line
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) value (b) texture (c) form (d) line
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) colour (c) texture (d) form
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) colour (b) form (c) space (d) value
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called space? (a) can be seen all round (b) gaps between things (c) a solid 3D object (d) a closed flat outline
  29. 29.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) form (d) value
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) shape (c) form (d) texture
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) from white to black (c) can be seen all round (d) what a rainbow shows
  35. 35.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) value (b) form (c) shape (d) space
  38. 38.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) colour (b) line (c) texture (d) shape

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. True
  3. colour
  4. texture
  5. value
  6. a closed flat outline
  7. False
  8. True
  9. line
  10. how light or dark it is
  11. False
  12. True
  13. frame
  14. glue
  15. False
  16. a flat 2D area
  17. how a surface feels
  18. texture
  19. False
  20. shape
  21. space
  22. a moving dot’s path
  23. True
  24. shape
  25. form
  26. line
  27. space
  28. gaps between things
  29. False
  30. False
  31. True
  32. easel
  33. shape
  34. can be seen all round
  35. False
  36. False
  37. form
  38. True
  39. True
  40. texture

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