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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 443 · 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) texture (b) value (c) shape (d) line
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) colour (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) colour
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called line? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) from white to black (c) has height, width, depth (d) a moving dot’s path
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) line (d) shape
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called value? (a) has height, width, depth (b) can be seen all round (c) how light or dark it is (d) a moving dot’s path
  9. 9.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) glue (d) space
  11. 11.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called line? (a) the area around objects (b) a closed flat outline (c) a long, thin mark (d) how a surface feels
  13. 13.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a flat 2D area (c) gaps between things (d) the area around objects
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called space? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) has height, width, depth (c) gaps between things (d) only length and width
  16. 16.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) texture (b) line (c) space (d) colour
  18. 18.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) form (c) line (d) value
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) line (b) value (c) shape (d) space
  20. 20.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) line (d) space
  22. 22.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) frame (d) value
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a closed flat outline (c) has height, width, depth (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) line (b) space (c) shape (d) value
  25. 25.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) space (d) value
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) form (b) space (c) line (d) texture
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) space (d) form
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) line (c) form (d) value
  29. 29.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a sense of near and far (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) how a surface feels
  31. 31.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called space? (a) only length and width (b) a sense of near and far (c) has height, width, depth (d) a solid 3D object
  35. 35.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how a surface feels (b) only length and width (c) a long, thin mark (d) a moving dot’s path
  40. 40.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. value
  3. line
  4. texture
  5. value
  6. a moving dot’s path
  7. colour
  8. how light or dark it is
  9. False
  10. glue
  11. True
  12. a long, thin mark
  13. False
  14. a flat 2D area
  15. gaps between things
  16. False
  17. colour
  18. easel
  19. value
  20. False
  21. space
  22. frame
  23. a hue, like red or blue
  24. space
  25. texture
  26. space
  27. form
  28. shape
  29. False
  30. what a rainbow shows
  31. False
  32. False
  33. False
  34. a sense of near and far
  35. False
  36. False
  37. True
  38. False
  39. how a surface feels
  40. True

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