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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 568 · 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.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) glue (c) colour (d) space
  4. 4.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) form (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) shape
  7. 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) easel (d) form
  8. 8.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) can be seen all round (c) from white to black (d) how a surface feels
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) texture (b) form (c) shape (d) colour
  12. 12.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) form
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) texture (b) form (c) line (d) space
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) shape (b) space (c) line (d) form
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) shape (c) form (d) colour
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a flat 2D area (c) gaps between things (d) a moving dot’s path
  19. 19.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) the area around objects (b) gaps between things (c) a long, thin mark (d) a flat 2D area
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) form
  26. 26.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called space? (a) from white to black (b) a solid 3D object (c) the area around objects (d) how light or dark it is
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) from white to black (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) gaps between things (d) can be seen all round
  29. 29.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) form (b) line (c) texture (d) colour
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a sense of near and far (b) the area around objects (c) a solid 3D object (d) a moving dot’s path
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called space? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a long, thin mark (d) a sense of near and far
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) form (c) line (d) texture
  36. 36.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a long, thin mark (c) has height, width, depth (d) a hue, like red or blue
  38. 38.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. False
  3. glue
  4. False
  5. texture
  6. value
  7. easel
  8. False
  9. False
  10. can be seen all round
  11. shape
  12. False
  13. texture
  14. shape
  15. line
  16. space
  17. line
  18. rough, smooth or bumpy
  19. False
  20. True
  21. False
  22. False
  23. False
  24. a flat 2D area
  25. value
  26. False
  27. the area around objects
  28. a hue, like red or blue
  29. True
  30. True
  31. True
  32. texture
  33. a solid 3D object
  34. a sense of near and far
  35. shape
  36. False
  37. a long, thin mark
  38. False
  39. True
  40. True

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