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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 655 · 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) glue (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called line? (a) the area around objects (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a closed flat outline (d) a flat 2D area
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) colour (c) line (d) value
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) line (c) shape (d) form
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) value (c) line (d) space
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) form (b) colour (c) space (d) line
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) line (b) colour (c) value (d) texture
  10. 10.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) only length and width (c) the area around objects (d) a long, thin mark
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) form (c) colour (d) shape
  13. 13.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) shape (c) value (d) form
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) how light or dark it is (c) gaps between things (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  16. 16.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) can be seen all round (b) a flat 2D area (c) only length and width (d) a hue, like red or blue
  18. 18.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a long, thin mark (c) gaps between things (d) a solid 3D object
  20. 20.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) only length and width (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a flat 2D area (d) how light or dark it is
  23. 23.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called space? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a flat 2D area (c) the area around objects (d) has height, width, depth
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) looks furry or scaly (c) has height, width, depth (d) how light or dark it is
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) space (b) form (c) line (d) texture
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) form (c) value (d) line
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) form (b) texture (c) space (d) line
  30. 30.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) easel (d) form
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how a surface feels (b) can be seen all round (c) a long, thin mark (d) gaps between things
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a closed flat outline (b) gaps between things (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a hue, like red or blue
  33. 33.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) space (d) line
  36. 36.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called line? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a long, thin mark (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a closed flat outline
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a flat 2D area (c) has height, width, depth (d) from white to black
  39. 39.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. glue
  3. a moving dot’s path
  4. form
  5. shape
  6. form
  7. value
  8. line
  9. texture
  10. False
  11. from white to black
  12. space
  13. False
  14. space
  15. how light or dark it is
  16. False
  17. a hue, like red or blue
  18. True
  19. a solid 3D object
  20. True
  21. True
  22. what a rainbow shows
  23. True
  24. frame
  25. the area around objects
  26. a flat 2D area
  27. texture
  28. value
  29. form
  30. easel
  31. how a surface feels
  32. a closed flat outline
  33. True
  34. False
  35. texture
  36. True
  37. a long, thin mark
  38. looks furry or scaly
  39. True
  40. False

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