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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 474 · 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 “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) form (c) line (d) value
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a solid 3D object (b) how light or dark it is (c) a closed flat outline (d) a sense of near and far
  4. 4.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) shape
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) form (c) colour (d) line
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) only length and width (c) a moving dot’s path (d) what a rainbow shows
  8. 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) frame
  9. 9.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) colour (b) space (c) line (d) form
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a flat 2D area (c) can be seen all round (d) a solid 3D object
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) shape (b) form (c) space (d) value
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) shape (c) line (d) space
  14. 14.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called value? (a) can be seen all round (b) a moving dot’s path (c) what a rainbow shows (d) from white to black
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) form (d) space
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) has height, width, depth (c) a flat 2D area (d) a sense of near and far
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) value (b) texture (c) space (d) shape
  20. 20.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called form? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) looks furry or scaly (c) has height, width, depth (d) a flat 2D area
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a long, thin mark (b) how light or dark it is (c) how a surface feels (d) a moving dot’s path
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a sense of near and far (d) a long, thin mark
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) space (c) colour (d) form
  25. 25.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
  26. 26.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a long, thin mark (c) only length and width (d) has height, width, depth
  28. 28.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) what a rainbow shows (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a solid 3D object
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) value (c) form (d) line
  31. 31.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) only length and width (c) a solid 3D object (d) a sense of near and far
  36. 36.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called space? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a solid 3D object (c) has height, width, depth (d) the area around objects
  38. 38.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a moving dot’s path (d) can be seen all round
  40. 40.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?

Answer key

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

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