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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 461 · 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.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) form (c) value (d) space
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) frame (c) line (d) texture
  4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) colour (c) shape (d) space
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) form (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) shape
  7. 7.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) has height, width, depth (c) how a surface feels (d) how light or dark it is
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how a surface feels (b) what a rainbow shows (c) how light or dark it is (d) gaps between things
  10. 10.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) space
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a solid 3D object (c) can be seen all round (d) a closed flat outline
  13. 13.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) form (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  15. 15.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called form? (a) from white to black (b) gaps between things (c) how light or dark it is (d) a solid 3D object
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) only length and width (c) a closed flat outline (d) looks furry or scaly
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) space (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) line (c) colour (d) value
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) line (c) space (d) colour
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a closed flat outline (c) has height, width, depth (d) a hue, like red or blue
  22. 22.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a long, thin mark (b) from white to black (c) how a surface feels (d) only length and width
  24. 24.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a sense of near and far (d) a hue, like red or blue
  27. 27.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) form (b) value (c) space (d) texture
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) the area around objects (d) has height, width, depth
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) form (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a sense of near and far (c) a long, thin mark (d) what a rainbow shows
  32. 32.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) space
  33. 33.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) value (b) space (c) colour (d) texture
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) value (b) space (c) colour (d) line
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) can be seen all round (b) has height, width, depth (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) what a rainbow shows
  39. 39.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) easel (d) value

Answer key

  1. value
  2. 7
  3. frame
  4. glue
  5. line
  6. value
  7. True
  8. only length and width
  9. how light or dark it is
  10. True
  11. space
  12. a closed flat outline
  13. True
  14. texture
  15. False
  16. a solid 3D object
  17. from white to black
  18. shape
  19. form
  20. line
  21. a hue, like red or blue
  22. False
  23. how a surface feels
  24. False
  25. True
  26. a flat 2D area
  27. False
  28. texture
  29. has height, width, depth
  30. shape
  31. a sense of near and far
  32. texture
  33. False
  34. False
  35. False
  36. space
  37. colour
  38. what a rainbow shows
  39. False
  40. easel

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