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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 441 · 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 “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) line (c) shape (d) space
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  4. 4.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) shape (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  6. 6.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) space
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) line (c) value (d) form
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) form (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
  10. 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a closed flat outline (b) only length and width (c) a moving dot’s path (d) gaps between things
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) space (b) colour (c) value (d) shape
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called line? (a) the area around objects (b) a long, thin mark (c) a closed flat outline (d) how a surface feels
  14. 14.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) line
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called line? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a flat 2D area (c) how a surface feels (d) a moving dot’s path
  19. 19.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) easel
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a long, thin mark (b) gaps between things (c) a moving dot’s path (d) looks furry or scaly
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) space (b) colour (c) texture (d) form
  22. 22.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) colour (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a solid 3D object (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) texture (d) line
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) form (b) value (c) line (d) space
  27. 27.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) frame (c) line (d) texture
  31. 31.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) can be seen all round (c) a moving dot’s path (d) only length and width
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how light or dark it is (b) the area around objects (c) a moving dot’s path (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) shape (c) line (d) texture
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a closed flat outline (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a moving dot’s path (d) how light or dark it is
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) colour (b) form (c) shape (d) space
  39. 39.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called value? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a closed flat outline (d) how light or dark it is

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. shape
  3. value
  4. False
  5. texture
  6. texture
  7. line
  8. colour
  9. shape
  10. glue
  11. gaps between things
  12. value
  13. a long, thin mark
  14. False
  15. False
  16. False
  17. space
  18. a moving dot’s path
  19. easel
  20. looks furry or scaly
  21. form
  22. True
  23. space
  24. a solid 3D object
  25. texture
  26. form
  27. False
  28. False
  29. False
  30. frame
  31. False
  32. False
  33. True
  34. only length and width
  35. rough, smooth or bumpy
  36. line
  37. a closed flat outline
  38. shape
  39. False
  40. how light or dark it is

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