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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 576 · 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: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) shape (c) space (d) texture
  4. 4.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) form (d) line
  7. 7.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) space
  8. 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) space (c) value (d) shape
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) the area around objects (c) a closed flat outline (d) from white to black
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a closed flat outline (d) a moving dot’s path
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a moving dot’s path (c) can be seen all round (d) how a surface feels
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) line (d) form
  15. 15.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) value (b) form (c) colour (d) space
  17. 17.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) can be seen all round (c) has height, width, depth (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  19. 19.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) frame (d) texture
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) form
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) how a surface feels (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a solid 3D object
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  23. 23.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) space (b) value (c) form (d) texture
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called line? (a) gaps between things (b) a long, thin mark (c) the area around objects (d) can be seen all round
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) space (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
  27. 27.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called space? (a) can be seen all round (b) from white to black (c) what a rainbow shows (d) gaps between things
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) how light or dark it is (c) a closed flat outline (d) what a rainbow shows
  31. 31.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) form (d) easel
  32. 32.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a closed flat outline (b) gaps between things (c) looks furry or scaly (d) has height, width, depth
  34. 34.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) how a surface feels (c) can be seen all round (d) only length and width
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) looks furry or scaly (c) gaps between things (d) a flat 2D area
  40. 40.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. True
  3. form
  4. False
  5. False
  6. shape
  7. texture
  8. glue
  9. shape
  10. the area around objects
  11. texture
  12. a closed flat outline
  13. how a surface feels
  14. colour
  15. False
  16. space
  17. False
  18. rough, smooth or bumpy
  19. frame
  20. shape
  21. a moving dot’s path
  22. value
  23. False
  24. value
  25. a long, thin mark
  26. line
  27. False
  28. True
  29. gaps between things
  30. how light or dark it is
  31. easel
  32. True
  33. has height, width, depth
  34. True
  35. False
  36. True
  37. False
  38. only length and width
  39. a flat 2D area
  40. False

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