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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 56 · 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 “a solid 3D object”? (a) line (b) shape (c) form (d) space
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a moving dot’s path (c) has height, width, depth (d) only length and width
  4. 4.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) space
  5. 5.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) glue
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) form (d) space
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how a surface feels (b) how light or dark it is (c) a long, thin mark (d) a solid 3D object
  10. 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) frame (d) texture
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) form (b) space (c) value (d) shape
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) a closed flat outline (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a flat 2D area
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) can be seen all round (b) a long, thin mark (c) looks furry or scaly (d) only length and width
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) form (c) line (d) shape
  15. 15.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) line (b) shape (c) space (d) form
  17. 17.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) easel (d) form
  19. 19.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a long, thin mark (c) how a surface feels (d) can be seen all round
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) value (c) texture (d) form
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) line (d) form
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) texture (c) form (d) line
  24. 24.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) can be seen all round (c) gaps between things (d) a closed flat outline
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) can be seen all round (b) a closed flat outline (c) only length and width (d) what a rainbow shows
  29. 29.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called value? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a moving dot’s path (c) can be seen all round (d) how light or dark it is
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) form (d) value
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) value (b) space (c) shape (d) texture
  33. 33.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a sense of near and far (c) has height, width, depth (d) a flat 2D area
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called value? (a) the area around objects (b) from white to black (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a long, thin mark
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a long, thin mark (c) a sense of near and far (d) how light or dark it is
  37. 37.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) value (d) space
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) shape
  40. 40.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. form
  3. a hue, like red or blue
  4. texture
  5. False
  6. True
  7. glue
  8. colour
  9. a solid 3D object
  10. frame
  11. shape
  12. the area around objects
  13. looks furry or scaly
  14. line
  15. False
  16. form
  17. False
  18. easel
  19. False
  20. a long, thin mark
  21. colour
  22. texture
  23. space
  24. False
  25. True
  26. False
  27. can be seen all round
  28. what a rainbow shows
  29. True
  30. how light or dark it is
  31. value
  32. value
  33. False
  34. a flat 2D area
  35. from white to black
  36. a sense of near and far
  37. False
  38. texture
  39. value
  40. True

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