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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 458 · 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 the element called shape? (a) a solid 3D object (b) from white to black (c) a flat 2D area (d) has height, width, depth
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) colour
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a solid 3D object (b) only length and width (c) a long, thin mark (d) the area around objects
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) colour (c) texture (d) line
  7. 7.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) form (b) shape (c) colour (d) value
  11. 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) easel (d) form
  12. 12.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) space (b) form (c) shape (d) texture
  14. 14.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) frame
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) texture (d) form
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how a surface feels (b) gaps between things (c) from white to black (d) only length and width
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) form (b) value (c) line (d) colour
  18. 18.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) glue (c) space (d) shape
  20. 20.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) the area around objects (c) what a rainbow shows (d) how light or dark it is
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) the area around objects (c) a sense of near and far (d) how a surface feels
  23. 23.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  24. 24.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) shape (b) form (c) colour (d) space
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) only length and width (d) has height, width, depth
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) how a surface feels (c) a sense of near and far (d) a solid 3D object
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) from white to black (c) a moving dot’s path (d) can be seen all round
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a long, thin mark (b) how light or dark it is (c) the area around objects (d) looks furry or scaly
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called space? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a flat 2D area (c) gaps between things (d) a moving dot’s path
  31. 31.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) shape (c) line (d) form
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a sense of near and far (c) what a rainbow shows (d) from white to black
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) shape (c) space (d) texture
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) value (b) shape (c) space (d) line
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) line (c) form (d) space
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) texture (c) shape (d) colour
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called space? (a) can be seen all round (b) a long, thin mark (c) a sense of near and far (d) only length and width
  39. 39.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) value (d) texture

Answer key

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

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