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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 581 · 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 the element called form? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a solid 3D object
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) colour (b) form (c) line (d) shape
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) shape (d) space
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) can be seen all round (c) a sense of near and far (d) gaps between things
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) value (c) line (d) form
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) has height, width, depth (c) how light or dark it is (d) gaps between things
  8. 8.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) line (d) texture
  10. 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) glue
  11. 11.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) form (b) shape (c) colour (d) value
  13. 13.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) form (b) texture (c) value (d) space
  15. 15.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) line (c) form (d) value
  17. 17.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) form (b) texture (c) colour (d) value
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) value (c) colour (d) shape
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) shape
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a flat 2D area (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) how light or dark it is
  24. 24.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  27. 27.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a moving dot’s path (c) how light or dark it is (d) has height, width, depth
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a sense of near and far (b) how light or dark it is (c) a long, thin mark (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  30. 30.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) form (b) texture (c) line (d) space
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) from white to black (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) has height, width, depth (d) how light or dark it is
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) can be seen all round (b) from white to black (c) only length and width (d) how a surface feels
  34. 34.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called space? (a) has height, width, depth (b) can be seen all round (c) gaps between things (d) only length and width
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a long, thin mark (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) only length and width
  37. 37.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) form (b) space (c) value (d) colour
  39. 39.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. a solid 3D object
  3. form
  4. space
  5. can be seen all round
  6. easel
  7. what a rainbow shows
  8. False
  9. line
  10. glue
  11. True
  12. shape
  13. True
  14. texture
  15. False
  16. line
  17. False
  18. True
  19. value
  20. form
  21. value
  22. texture
  23. a flat 2D area
  24. False
  25. False
  26. frame
  27. False
  28. a hue, like red or blue
  29. how light or dark it is
  30. True
  31. space
  32. rough, smooth or bumpy
  33. how a surface feels
  34. False
  35. gaps between things
  36. only length and width
  37. False
  38. colour
  39. False
  40. True

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