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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 455 · 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) line (b) value (c) shape (d) texture
  3. 3.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) colour (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  5. 5.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) form (c) line (d) colour
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) how light or dark it is (c) a flat 2D area (d) a sense of near and far
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) space (d) value
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a flat 2D area (b) the area around objects (c) a sense of near and far (d) a moving dot’s path
  10. 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) glue
  11. 11.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) form (c) line (d) shape
  13. 13.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) easel (c) form (d) line
  14. 14.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) frame (d) texture
  15. 15.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  16. 16.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a sense of near and far (b) how a surface feels (c) a solid 3D object (d) only length and width
  19. 19.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) value (b) space (c) line (d) colour
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) shape (c) space (d) line
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) form (b) texture (c) colour (d) value
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) only length and width (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a closed flat outline (d) how light or dark it is
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) colour (d) line
  25. 25.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) line (c) colour (d) texture
  27. 27.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) form (b) value (c) texture (d) colour
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) form (b) space (c) shape (d) line
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) only length and width (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a flat 2D area
  31. 31.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a closed flat outline (b) from white to black (c) has height, width, depth (d) gaps between things
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a solid 3D object (c) gaps between things (d) from white to black
  35. 35.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) colour (b) form (c) line (d) shape
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) line (b) space (c) value (d) colour
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) space (b) colour (c) line (d) form
  40. 40.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. value
  3. True
  4. space
  5. False
  6. space
  7. how light or dark it is
  8. shape
  9. a moving dot’s path
  10. glue
  11. True
  12. space
  13. easel
  14. frame
  15. texture
  16. False
  17. False
  18. how a surface feels
  19. True
  20. line
  21. line
  22. colour
  23. a hue, like red or blue
  24. shape
  25. False
  26. form
  27. False
  28. texture
  29. form
  30. looks furry or scaly
  31. False
  32. False
  33. from white to black
  34. gaps between things
  35. False
  36. False
  37. shape
  38. value
  39. form
  40. True

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