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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 498 · 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 of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) a flat 2D area (c) has height, width, depth (d) how a surface feels
  3. 3.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
  6. 6.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) space (c) line (d) form
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called form? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) only length and width (c) gaps between things (d) has height, width, depth
  9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) easel
  10. 10.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) form
  12. 12.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) texture (b) line (c) colour (d) space
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a sense of near and far (d) a flat 2D area
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) value
  17. 17.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) frame (c) value (d) line
  18. 18.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) space
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how a surface feels (b) gaps between things (c) a moving dot’s path (d) only length and width
  20. 20.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) space (d) form
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) a sense of near and far (c) how a surface feels (d) a closed flat outline
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called value? (a) has height, width, depth (b) how light or dark it is (c) gaps between things (d) the area around objects
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) colour (b) line (c) value (d) shape
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a long, thin mark (c) only length and width (d) what a rainbow shows
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) only length and width (c) can be seen all round (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) colour (b) form (c) texture (d) shape
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) form (d) colour
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how light or dark it is (b) has height, width, depth (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a hue, like red or blue
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) value (b) form (c) space (d) texture
  31. 31.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) colour (b) value (c) texture (d) form
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) space (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
  35. 35.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) line (b) shape (c) space (d) texture
  37. 37.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) a sense of near and far (c) a long, thin mark (d) the area around objects
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called line? (a) only length and width (b) has height, width, depth (c) a long, thin mark (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  40. 40.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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