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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 492 · 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 of these is the element called line? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) has height, width, depth (c) only length and width (d) a long, thin mark
  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) form (b) line (c) value (d) easel
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a solid 3D object (b) from white to black (c) the area around objects (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  5. 5.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a flat 2D area (b) only length and width (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a closed flat outline
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) line (b) space (c) shape (d) form
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) has height, width, depth (c) a sense of near and far (d) a closed flat outline
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) value (b) space (c) shape (d) texture
  10. 10.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
  13. 13.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) space (b) colour (c) shape (d) form
  17. 17.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a long, thin mark (c) can be seen all round (d) what a rainbow shows
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) space (b) form (c) texture (d) colour
  21. 21.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) space
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) shape
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) can be seen all round (c) only length and width (d) the area around objects
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) form (d) value
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) space (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) value (c) space (d) line
  27. 27.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) frame
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) line (b) colour (c) value (d) space
  30. 30.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a flat 2D area (d) looks furry or scaly
  32. 32.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) value (b) colour (c) form (d) shape
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) colour (c) shape (d) space
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a solid 3D object (c) the area around objects (d) has height, width, depth
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) line (d) value
  37. 37.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) form (b) value (c) colour (d) space
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a closed flat outline (b) can be seen all round (c) has height, width, depth (d) how a surface feels

Answer key

  1. a long, thin mark
  2. 7
  3. easel
  4. a solid 3D object
  5. False
  6. what a rainbow shows
  7. space
  8. has height, width, depth
  9. texture
  10. False
  11. False
  12. glue
  13. True
  14. False
  15. True
  16. shape
  17. False
  18. True
  19. can be seen all round
  20. form
  21. texture
  22. value
  23. only length and width
  24. shape
  25. line
  26. line
  27. True
  28. frame
  29. colour
  30. False
  31. gaps between things
  32. False
  33. shape
  34. value
  35. the area around objects
  36. texture
  37. False
  38. False
  39. space
  40. a closed flat outline

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