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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 615 · 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) space (b) colour (c) glue (d) shape
  3. 3.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) texture (d) form
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) line (b) space (c) form (d) value
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) shape (c) colour (d) line
  7. 7.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  9. 9.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) can be seen all round (c) a closed flat outline (d) from white to black
  11. 11.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) space (b) colour (c) form (d) value
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) how a surface feels (d) how light or dark it is
  14. 14.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
  16. 16.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) frame
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) looks furry or scaly (c) only length and width (d) what a rainbow shows
  19. 19.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) easel (c) line (d) form
  20. 20.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) from white to black (b) only length and width (c) how a surface feels (d) a long, thin mark
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) value (c) colour (d) line
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) space (b) value (c) colour (d) shape
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a closed flat outline (c) can be seen all round (d) a solid 3D object
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) space
  26. 26.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) value (c) shape (d) colour
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) from white to black (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) what a rainbow shows (d) gaps between things
  29. 29.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) shape
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a long, thin mark (c) a moving dot’s path (d) how light or dark it is
  33. 33.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called form? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) has height, width, depth (c) a flat 2D area (d) a moving dot’s path
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) from white to black (b) looks furry or scaly (c) how light or dark it is (d) what a rainbow shows
  36. 36.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) space (d) value
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) line (b) form (c) colour (d) texture
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) value (b) shape (c) form (d) space
  39. 39.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called value? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) only length and width (c) how light or dark it is (d) a long, thin mark

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. glue
  3. False
  4. form
  5. value
  6. shape
  7. True
  8. line
  9. False
  10. a closed flat outline
  11. False
  12. value
  13. how a surface feels
  14. True
  15. shape
  16. False
  17. frame
  18. a sense of near and far
  19. easel
  20. False
  21. only length and width
  22. line
  23. shape
  24. a moving dot’s path
  25. space
  26. False
  27. texture
  28. what a rainbow shows
  29. False
  30. True
  31. value
  32. rough, smooth or bumpy
  33. True
  34. has height, width, depth
  35. looks furry or scaly
  36. texture
  37. form
  38. form
  39. False
  40. how light or dark it is

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