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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 577 · 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 tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) shape
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) a solid 3D object (c) a closed flat outline (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a closed flat outline (b) from white to black (c) a solid 3D object (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  5. 5.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) how a surface feels (d) a closed flat outline
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) colour
  9. 9.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) colour (b) value (c) line (d) shape
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) space
  12. 12.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) colour (b) space (c) texture (d) form
  14. 14.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) value (c) line (d) easel
  15. 15.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) space (d) value
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) colour (b) value (c) line (d) space
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) gaps between things (c) the area around objects (d) a flat 2D area
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) space (c) texture (d) line
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) what a rainbow shows (c) from white to black (d) a closed flat outline
  21. 21.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) shape (c) glue (d) colour
  22. 22.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) how a surface feels (c) gaps between things (d) how light or dark it is
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a flat 2D area (c) a moving dot’s path (d) has height, width, depth
  25. 25.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) space (c) value (d) texture
  27. 27.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) the area around objects
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) value (b) shape (c) form (d) colour
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) form (b) texture (c) colour (d) line
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) line (c) form (d) texture
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) shape (d) line
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called space? (a) only length and width (b) a sense of near and far (c) a solid 3D object (d) a long, thin mark
  35. 35.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) only length and width (b) a closed flat outline (c) how a surface feels (d) a hue, like red or blue
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) line (d) space
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) colour (c) space (d) line
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) space (b) texture (c) colour (d) line
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) texture (b) line (c) form (d) value

Answer key

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

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