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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 694 · 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) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) glue
  3. 3.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) form (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) the area around objects (c) how light or dark it is (d) looks furry or scaly
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) line (d) space
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) form (d) line
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) space (b) colour (c) shape (d) texture
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) has height, width, depth (b) the area around objects (c) only length and width (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  10. 10.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) form (c) easel (d) line
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) shape (c) texture (d) line
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) form (b) space (c) shape (d) value
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) colour (b) line (c) form (d) value
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called space? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) from white to black (c) how a surface feels (d) the area around objects
  17. 17.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) space (d) value
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) texture (b) value (c) shape (d) colour
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) value (b) shape (c) space (d) form
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) space
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) from white to black (c) the area around objects (d) how a surface feels
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) shape (b) line (c) form (d) texture
  23. 23.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a flat 2D area (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) how light or dark it is (d) can be seen all round
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) how a surface feels (c) how light or dark it is (d) a hue, like red or blue
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) space (b) texture (c) form (d) value
  27. 27.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) frame
  28. 28.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) form (b) line (c) colour (d) texture
  31. 31.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) has height, width, depth (c) gaps between things (d) a hue, like red or blue
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) can be seen all round (c) a flat 2D area (d) the area around objects
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) line (b) shape (c) colour (d) form
  36. 36.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) a flat 2D area (c) a moving dot’s path (d) from white to black
  38. 38.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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