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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 639 · 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 flat 2D area” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) glue (c) shape (d) space
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) has height, width, depth (c) a long, thin mark (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) form (b) space (c) value (d) line
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) colour (b) value (c) form (d) line
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) line (b) form (c) texture (d) shape
  9. 9.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called form? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a solid 3D object (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a closed flat outline
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) space (b) value (c) shape (d) texture
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) space (c) value (d) line
  14. 14.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called value? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) what a rainbow shows (c) from white to black (d) looks furry or scaly
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) value (c) shape (d) texture
  17. 17.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) value (c) line (d) easel
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how a surface feels (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) how light or dark it is
  20. 20.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how a surface feels (b) gaps between things (c) how light or dark it is (d) a solid 3D object
  24. 24.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called line? (a) gaps between things (b) only length and width (c) a sense of near and far (d) a moving dot’s path
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a solid 3D object (c) can be seen all round (d) a flat 2D area
  27. 27.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) space
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) shape (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  29. 29.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) frame (c) line (d) texture
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) from white to black (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a solid 3D object (d) looks furry or scaly
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a closed flat outline (c) gaps between things (d) a solid 3D object
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) space (c) value (d) colour
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) value (d) form
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) shape (c) line (d) colour
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) form (b) shape (c) line (d) colour
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a solid 3D object (b) how light or dark it is (c) a long, thin mark (d) from white to black
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) only length and width (c) what a rainbow shows (d) how light or dark it is
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) value (b) shape (c) form (d) colour
  39. 39.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) colour (c) line (d) form

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. False
  3. False
  4. glue
  5. rough, smooth or bumpy
  6. line
  7. value
  8. texture
  9. False
  10. False
  11. a solid 3D object
  12. value
  13. texture
  14. True
  15. from white to black
  16. value
  17. True
  18. easel
  19. a hue, like red or blue
  20. False
  21. False
  22. True
  23. how light or dark it is
  24. True
  25. a moving dot’s path
  26. a flat 2D area
  27. texture
  28. texture
  29. frame
  30. looks furry or scaly
  31. gaps between things
  32. shape
  33. shape
  34. form
  35. colour
  36. a long, thin mark
  37. only length and width
  38. colour
  39. False
  40. line

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