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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 552 · 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 NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) glue (c) colour (d) space
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a solid 3D object (d) a closed flat outline
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) value (c) shape (d) line
  5. 5.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) colour
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) space
  8. 8.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) space (b) colour (c) value (d) shape
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) shape (c) line (d) texture
  12. 12.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a solid 3D object (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a flat 2D area (d) how light or dark it is
  16. 16.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) a closed flat outline (c) a long, thin mark (d) how light or dark it is
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  20. 20.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) shape
  22. 22.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) form (d) line
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a flat 2D area (c) how a surface feels (d) from white to black
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a long, thin mark (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a closed flat outline
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called space? (a) from white to black (b) a solid 3D object (c) the area around objects (d) looks furry or scaly
  27. 27.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) space (c) texture (d) shape
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) texture (b) line (c) form (d) shape
  31. 31.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a closed flat outline (d) a long, thin mark
  34. 34.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) from white to black (b) a moving dot’s path (c) only length and width (d) looks furry or scaly
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a solid 3D object (c) a closed flat outline (d) can be seen all round
  37. 37.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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