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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 57 · 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) line (b) value (c) frame (d) texture
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) value (b) texture (c) space (d) colour
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) shape (c) form (d) colour
  5. 5.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how a surface feels (b) a solid 3D object (c) a sense of near and far (d) from white to black
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how a surface feels (b) only length and width (c) a solid 3D object (d) can be seen all round
  9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) value (c) line (d) easel
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) from white to black (c) has height, width, depth (d) the area around objects
  11. 11.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) texture (c) shape (d) form
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) value (b) texture (c) colour (d) shape
  14. 14.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) value (d) texture
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how a surface feels (b) the area around objects (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) shape (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a closed flat outline (b) how a surface feels (c) gaps between things (d) how light or dark it is
  20. 20.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called line? (a) has height, width, depth (b) only length and width (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a flat 2D area
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) value
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a solid 3D object (d) gaps between things
  24. 24.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called space? (a) can be seen all round (b) a sense of near and far (c) a long, thin mark (d) a moving dot’s path
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) space (d) line
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a closed flat outline (c) a sense of near and far (d) can be seen all round
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called space? (a) only length and width (b) from white to black (c) a closed flat outline (d) gaps between things
  30. 30.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) line (b) texture (c) colour (d) shape
  32. 32.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) texture (b) space (c) form (d) line
  34. 34.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) value (c) form (d) line
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) value (c) form (d) texture
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) shape (b) form (c) line (d) texture
  38. 38.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a closed flat outline (c) from white to black (d) only length and width
  40. 40.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. frame
  3. colour
  4. value
  5. False
  6. True
  7. from white to black
  8. how a surface feels
  9. easel
  10. has height, width, depth
  11. False
  12. shape
  13. texture
  14. False
  15. line
  16. shape
  17. a hue, like red or blue
  18. texture
  19. how light or dark it is
  20. True
  21. a moving dot’s path
  22. value
  23. a solid 3D object
  24. True
  25. texture
  26. a sense of near and far
  27. space
  28. can be seen all round
  29. gaps between things
  30. False
  31. shape
  32. True
  33. form
  34. True
  35. colour
  36. space
  37. texture
  38. True
  39. what a rainbow shows
  40. False

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