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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 447 · 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 closed flat outline”? (a) colour (b) value (c) shape (d) texture
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a sense of near and far (c) from white to black (d) how a surface feels
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) the area around objects (c) a long, thin mark (d) what a rainbow shows
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) colour (b) line (c) value (d) form
  7. 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) value (c) line (d) form
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) space (b) value (c) shape (d) colour
  9. 9.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) colour (c) line (d) space
  11. 11.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  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 the element called colour? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) how light or dark it is (d) the area around objects
  15. 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) shape (c) space (d) glue
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) from white to black (c) has height, width, depth (d) a flat 2D area
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a long, thin mark (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  18. 18.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  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 “can be seen all round”? (a) space (b) texture (c) line (d) form
  21. 21.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  22. 22.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a closed flat outline (c) a sense of near and far (d) from white to black
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) line (b) value (c) shape (d) space
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) colour
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) value (b) form (c) texture (d) space
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) colour
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) a long, thin mark (c) a flat 2D area (d) a solid 3D object
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) from white to black (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a hue, like red or blue
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called line? (a) the area around objects (b) only length and width (c) a long, thin mark (d) a hue, like red or blue
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) value (b) form (c) colour (d) space
  34. 34.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) only length and width (c) a flat 2D area (d) a sense of near and far
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) texture
  38. 38.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) value (b) texture (c) space (d) line
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) space (d) form

Answer key

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

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