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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 411 · 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 “can be seen all round”? (a) texture (b) value (c) form (d) colour
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) glue
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) space (b) shape (c) line (d) value
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a closed flat outline (c) how a surface feels (d) what a rainbow shows
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) line (b) colour (c) shape (d) space
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) form (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called value? (a) can be seen all round (b) the area around objects (c) from white to black (d) a flat 2D area
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) colour (b) form (c) shape (d) space
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) how light or dark it is (c) a closed flat outline (d) gaps between things
  11. 11.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a solid 3D object (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) gaps between things (d) how a surface feels
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) line (c) form (d) colour
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) space (b) value (c) colour (d) line
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) form (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  18. 18.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) only length and width (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) the area around objects (d) a closed flat outline
  20. 20.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) easel (d) form
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) value (c) shape (d) line
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) form (c) colour (d) shape
  23. 23.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) form (b) line (c) space (d) colour
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) texture
  26. 26.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how a surface feels (b) what a rainbow shows (c) has height, width, depth (d) looks furry or scaly
  28. 28.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a sense of near and far (b) what a rainbow shows (c) from white to black (d) can be seen all round
  30. 30.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) a long, thin mark (c) a closed flat outline (d) the area around objects
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a long, thin mark (d) gaps between things
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) how light or dark it is
  37. 37.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) frame (c) texture (d) value
  40. 40.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. form
  3. glue
  4. line
  5. how a surface feels
  6. space
  7. texture
  8. from white to black
  9. shape
  10. how light or dark it is
  11. False
  12. False
  13. False
  14. gaps between things
  15. shape
  16. value
  17. value
  18. texture
  19. a hue, like red or blue
  20. easel
  21. value
  22. shape
  23. False
  24. colour
  25. colour
  26. True
  27. what a rainbow shows
  28. False
  29. can be seen all round
  30. False
  31. False
  32. True
  33. True
  34. a closed flat outline
  35. rough, smooth or bumpy
  36. a flat 2D area
  37. True
  38. True
  39. frame
  40. False

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