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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 65 · 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 shape. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) can be seen all round (b) what a rainbow shows (c) gaps between things (d) how a surface feels
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a closed flat outline (c) the area around objects (d) can be seen all round
  5. 5.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) frame (d) line
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called line? (a) gaps between things (b) a flat 2D area (c) a closed flat outline (d) a moving dot’s path
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) form
  9. 9.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
  11. 11.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) texture (c) line (d) colour
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) shape
  14. 14.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) easel
  15. 15.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a flat 2D area (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a sense of near and far (d) a solid 3D object
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) gaps between things (c) how a surface feels (d) from white to black
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) colour (b) form (c) shape (d) value
  21. 21.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called form? (a) the area around objects (b) has height, width, depth (c) how light or dark it is (d) only length and width
  23. 23.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) glue (c) shape (d) space
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how a surface feels (b) gaps between things (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a flat 2D area
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) line (b) value (c) colour (d) texture
  26. 26.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) texture (c) shape (d) colour
  28. 28.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) space (c) colour (d) form
  30. 30.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a long, thin mark (b) how light or dark it is (c) only length and width (d) a solid 3D object
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) texture (b) space (c) value (d) line
  33. 33.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) colour (b) value (c) line (d) form
  35. 35.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) line (d) texture
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) shape (b) form (c) line (d) colour
  40. 40.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. True
  3. what a rainbow shows
  4. can be seen all round
  5. False
  6. frame
  7. a moving dot’s path
  8. space
  9. True
  10. space
  11. False
  12. form
  13. value
  14. easel
  15. False
  16. False
  17. False
  18. looks furry or scaly
  19. from white to black
  20. shape
  21. False
  22. has height, width, depth
  23. glue
  24. how a surface feels
  25. texture
  26. True
  27. shape
  28. True
  29. texture
  30. True
  31. how light or dark it is
  32. line
  33. False
  34. form
  35. True
  36. False
  37. False
  38. texture
  39. colour
  40. False

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