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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 457 · 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 of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) easel (c) value (d) line
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) a solid 3D object (c) the area around objects (d) can be seen all round
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) space (b) shape (c) value (d) colour
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) form (c) shape (d) space
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called value? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) from white to black (d) the area around objects
  7. 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) glue (d) shape
  8. 8.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) can be seen all round (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a flat 2D area
  10. 10.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) value (b) colour (c) line (d) space
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) form (b) space (c) value (d) colour
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) value (c) form (d) line
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called form? (a) the area around objects (b) a sense of near and far (c) a solid 3D object (d) only length and width
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) gaps between things (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) what a rainbow shows
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called space? (a) only length and width (b) looks furry or scaly (c) gaps between things (d) a solid 3D object
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) form (b) value (c) space (d) shape
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a flat 2D area
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) space (b) shape (c) form (d) colour
  21. 21.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) colour (d) line
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) value (b) form (c) texture (d) line
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called line? (a) from white to black (b) only length and width (c) gaps between things (d) a long, thin mark
  25. 25.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) texture (d) line
  27. 27.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a sense of near and far (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a solid 3D object
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) gaps between things (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) has height, width, depth
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a long, thin mark (c) a moving dot’s path (d) how a surface feels
  32. 32.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) form (c) colour (d) line
  34. 34.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) value (b) line (c) form (d) texture
  36. 36.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) line (b) form (c) shape (d) space
  38. 38.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) from white to black (c) a closed flat outline (d) a solid 3D object

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. easel
  3. only length and width
  4. shape
  5. texture
  6. from white to black
  7. glue
  8. False
  9. can be seen all round
  10. False
  11. frame
  12. space
  13. space
  14. line
  15. a solid 3D object
  16. rough, smooth or bumpy
  17. gaps between things
  18. value
  19. a flat 2D area
  20. form
  21. True
  22. shape
  23. texture
  24. a long, thin mark
  25. True
  26. texture
  27. False
  28. value
  29. a sense of near and far
  30. how light or dark it is
  31. how a surface feels
  32. True
  33. line
  34. True
  35. form
  36. False
  37. space
  38. False
  39. False
  40. a closed flat outline

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