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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 436 · 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.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) easel
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) frame (d) texture
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) value (b) shape (c) line (d) space
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) the area around objects (c) can be seen all round (d) a long, thin mark
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) shape
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) texture (b) value (c) space (d) line
  10. 10.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  11. 11.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) can be seen all round (b) a flat 2D area (c) looks furry or scaly (d) how light or dark it is
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how light or dark it is (b) only length and width (c) a moving dot’s path (d) looks furry or scaly
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) form
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) form (b) space (c) line (d) texture
  16. 16.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  21. 21.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) space (c) colour (d) line
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) line (b) colour (c) shape (d) texture
  24. 24.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called space? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a sense of near and far (d) a hue, like red or blue
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how a surface feels (b) can be seen all round (c) from white to black (d) a long, thin mark
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) space (b) value (c) colour (d) shape
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) form (b) space (c) texture (d) shape
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) how a surface feels (c) can be seen all round (d) gaps between things
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) line (b) shape (c) form (d) colour
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) colour (c) space (d) texture
  32. 32.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) form
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a long, thin mark (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a solid 3D object
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how light or dark it is (b) has height, width, depth (c) gaps between things (d) how a surface feels
  36. 36.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) shape (c) space (d) glue
  37. 37.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a closed flat outline (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a hue, like red or blue
  39. 39.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) texture (b) form (c) value (d) space

Answer key

  1. False
  2. True
  3. 7
  4. easel
  5. frame
  6. shape
  7. a flat 2D area
  8. form
  9. space
  10. texture
  11. True
  12. looks furry or scaly
  13. a moving dot’s path
  14. texture
  15. line
  16. True
  17. True
  18. False
  19. True
  20. texture
  21. False
  22. line
  23. colour
  24. True
  25. a sense of near and far
  26. can be seen all round
  27. shape
  28. space
  29. how a surface feels
  30. colour
  31. space
  32. False
  33. form
  34. what a rainbow shows
  35. has height, width, depth
  36. glue
  37. True
  38. a hue, like red or blue
  39. False
  40. value

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