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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 497 · 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 “has height, width, depth”? (a) shape (b) form (c) space (d) line
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how a surface feels (b) how light or dark it is (c) has height, width, depth (d) gaps between things
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) shape (b) space (c) texture (d) line
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) has height, width, depth (b) only length and width (c) looks furry or scaly (d) gaps between things
  6. 6.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) what a rainbow shows (c) only length and width (d) from white to black
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) space
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) space (c) line (d) value
  10. 10.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) value (b) space (c) texture (d) form
  12. 12.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called line? (a) has height, width, depth (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a solid 3D object
  15. 15.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) colour (b) value (c) shape (d) texture
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) form (b) colour (c) texture (d) space
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called value? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) gaps between things (c) a sense of near and far (d) from white to black
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) only length and width (d) the area around objects
  22. 22.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  23. 23.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) space (b) texture (c) form (d) colour
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a long, thin mark (d) a sense of near and far
  26. 26.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) easel (c) value (d) line
  28. 28.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) has height, width, depth (c) from white to black (d) a closed flat outline
  32. 32.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) space (b) colour (c) shape (d) texture
  34. 34.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) frame
  37. 37.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) space (b) value (c) line (d) shape
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) from white to black (b) a flat 2D area (c) looks furry or scaly (d) has height, width, depth

Answer key

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

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