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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 709 · 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.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  5. 5.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) the area around objects (c) a closed flat outline (d) has height, width, depth
  7. 7.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) form (c) line (d) shape
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) form
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) line (d) space
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) only length and width (b) has height, width, depth (c) a long, thin mark (d) a hue, like red or blue
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) form (d) colour
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) how a surface feels (c) only length and width (d) can be seen all round
  14. 14.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how a surface feels (b) a flat 2D area (c) only length and width (d) a solid 3D object
  17. 17.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) value (c) form (d) line
  18. 18.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) glue (c) space (d) shape
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how a surface feels (b) has height, width, depth (c) a moving dot’s path (d) can be seen all round
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called space? (a) from white to black (b) a solid 3D object (c) gaps between things (d) how light or dark it is
  21. 21.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called value? (a) has height, width, depth (b) gaps between things (c) from white to black (d) a sense of near and far
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) the area around objects (c) a solid 3D object (d) gaps between things
  24. 24.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a sense of near and far (c) has height, width, depth (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  26. 26.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) space
  28. 28.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) value (b) space (c) texture (d) shape
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a long, thin mark (c) how a surface feels (d) only length and width
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a solid 3D object (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a closed flat outline
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) value (b) texture (c) form (d) shape
  34. 34.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) form (b) texture (c) value (d) shape
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) value (c) shape (d) form
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) texture (b) form (c) line (d) space
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
  40. 40.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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