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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 555 · 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 element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) value (c) shape (d) texture
  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 the element called shape? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) only length and width (c) a sense of near and far (d) a long, thin mark
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how light or dark it is (b) gaps between things (c) only length and width (d) has height, width, depth
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) frame
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a flat 2D area (b) can be seen all round (c) gaps between things (d) what a rainbow shows
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) value (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
  8. 8.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) texture (b) form (c) line (d) space
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) space (b) value (c) shape (d) texture
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) colour (c) texture (d) shape
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) gaps between things (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a hue, like red or blue
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a closed flat outline
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called value? (a) the area around objects (b) from white to black (c) a long, thin mark (d) a closed flat outline
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) texture (b) form (c) value (d) line
  16. 16.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) space (b) colour (c) line (d) shape
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  19. 19.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) shape (b) value (c) texture (d) space
  25. 25.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) form (c) easel (d) value
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) form
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) how a surface feels (c) how light or dark it is (d) a flat 2D area
  29. 29.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) form (b) line (c) shape (d) value
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) shape (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) only length and width (c) a sense of near and far (d) from white to black
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) gaps between things (c) a sense of near and far (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  34. 34.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) glue (c) space (d) shape
  35. 35.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) can be seen all round (d) a moving dot’s path
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) has height, width, depth (b) gaps between things (c) from white to black (d) looks furry or scaly
  39. 39.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  40. 40.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. shape
  2. 7
  3. only length and width
  4. gaps between things
  5. frame
  6. what a rainbow shows
  7. space
  8. False
  9. space
  10. texture
  11. line
  12. a hue, like red or blue
  13. a closed flat outline
  14. from white to black
  15. form
  16. True
  17. line
  18. value
  19. True
  20. False
  21. False
  22. False
  23. True
  24. texture
  25. False
  26. easel
  27. form
  28. a flat 2D area
  29. False
  30. shape
  31. texture
  32. a sense of near and far
  33. rough, smooth or bumpy
  34. glue
  35. False
  36. True
  37. can be seen all round
  38. looks furry or scaly
  39. texture
  40. True

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