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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 624 · 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 is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) from white to black (c) a long, thin mark (d) gaps between things
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) how light or dark it is (c) can be seen all round (d) a hue, like red or blue
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a sense of near and far (c) a flat 2D area (d) a hue, like red or blue
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) value (d) form
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) what a rainbow shows (c) gaps between things (d) a solid 3D object
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) value
  9. 9.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called line? (a) gaps between things (b) the area around objects (c) how a surface feels (d) a moving dot’s path
  11. 11.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a sense of near and far (b) has height, width, depth (c) a long, thin mark (d) only length and width
  13. 13.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) easel (d) form
  14. 14.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) glue
  15. 15.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called value? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) from white to black
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) how light or dark it is (c) a closed flat outline (d) a long, thin mark
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) line (b) space (c) texture (d) value
  21. 21.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  23. 23.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how a surface feels (b) only length and width (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) looks furry or scaly
  25. 25.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) form (b) line (c) space (d) value
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) line (b) form (c) space (d) value
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) colour (b) line (c) form (d) shape
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) line (d) space
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) value (b) colour (c) texture (d) form
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) line (d) value
  32. 32.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) space (c) value (d) line
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) value (c) colour (d) texture
  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 “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) line (c) space (d) form
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) shape (b) form (c) value (d) space
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a solid 3D object (b) how light or dark it is (c) looks furry or scaly (d) only length and width
  38. 38.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a solid 3D object (c) has height, width, depth (d) how a surface feels
  40. 40.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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