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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 466 · 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 “from white to black”? (a) value (b) space (c) form (d) line
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) value (b) colour (c) shape (d) space
  4. 4.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) glue (c) shape (d) space
  6. 6.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) from white to black (c) only length and width (d) a hue, like red or blue
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a sense of near and far (c) what a rainbow shows (d) only length and width
  10. 10.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) line (d) texture
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called form? (a) the area around objects (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a long, thin mark (d) can be seen all round
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) only length and width (c) looks furry or scaly (d) the area around objects
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) space (b) colour (c) form (d) value
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called value? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) only length and width (c) a closed flat outline (d) how light or dark it is
  15. 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) frame (d) line
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) space (b) texture (c) form (d) line
  17. 17.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) colour (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  20. 20.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) how a surface feels (c) can be seen all round (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) has height, width, depth (c) a flat 2D area (d) gaps between things
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) form (c) value (d) shape
  24. 24.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) colour (b) line (c) form (d) texture
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) shape
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) has height, width, depth (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) how a surface feels
  28. 28.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) space (c) form (d) shape
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) can be seen all round (c) a sense of near and far (d) a solid 3D object
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) has height, width, depth (c) a closed flat outline (d) how a surface feels
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a closed flat outline (c) only length and width (d) has height, width, depth
  33. 33.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) value (b) colour (c) form (d) shape
  36. 36.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) easel (c) line (d) form
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called space? (a) from white to black (b) a solid 3D object (c) the area around objects (d) a moving dot’s path
  38. 38.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) shape (b) line (c) colour (d) texture
  40. 40.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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