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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 482 · 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 tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) value
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) value (c) colour (d) line
  4. 4.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) texture (b) form (c) value (d) colour
  6. 6.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) space (c) value (d) line
  8. 8.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) value (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a closed flat outline (b) how light or dark it is (c) a long, thin mark (d) looks furry or scaly
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a sense of near and far (b) how a surface feels (c) what a rainbow shows (d) how light or dark it is
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how light or dark it is (b) only length and width (c) a solid 3D object (d) how a surface feels
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) the area around objects (c) has height, width, depth (d) a solid 3D object
  14. 14.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a long, thin mark (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a closed flat outline
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) shape (b) value (c) colour (d) form
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) from white to black (c) how a surface feels (d) can be seen all round
  18. 18.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) form (b) colour (c) value (d) shape
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) value (b) shape (c) form (d) texture
  21. 21.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) colour (c) shape (d) space
  23. 23.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a long, thin mark (d) from white to black
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called line? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a sense of near and far (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a long, thin mark
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) texture (b) line (c) space (d) shape
  28. 28.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) frame
  29. 29.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) value (c) easel (d) line
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) can be seen all round (c) a closed flat outline (d) has height, width, depth
  31. 31.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) can be seen all round (c) how a surface feels (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a closed flat outline (b) only length and width (c) a sense of near and far (d) a hue, like red or blue
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) value (c) form (d) shape
  35. 35.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a closed flat outline (d) the area around objects
  37. 37.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) shape (c) value (d) line
  39. 39.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) the area around objects (b) only length and width (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) from white to black

Answer key

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

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