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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 718 · 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 the element called colour? (a) a flat 2D area (b) gaps between things (c) how a surface feels (d) a hue, like red or blue
  3. 3.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) glue (c) space (d) colour
  5. 5.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  7. 7.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) can be seen all round (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a sense of near and far
  10. 10.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) texture
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) colour (d) line
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a closed flat outline (d) a flat 2D area
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) form (b) space (c) shape (d) line
  16. 16.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) frame (c) texture (d) line
  19. 19.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) a flat 2D area (c) a solid 3D object (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  21. 21.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) gaps between things (c) a closed flat outline (d) looks furry or scaly
  23. 23.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called form? (a) the area around objects (b) can be seen all round (c) only length and width (d) gaps between things
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called line? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a long, thin mark (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a solid 3D object
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a solid 3D object (c) how a surface feels (d) a long, thin mark
  27. 27.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) value (d) form
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) line (c) colour (d) shape
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) texture (b) value (c) form (d) line
  31. 31.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) form (b) texture (c) colour (d) value
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how light or dark it is (b) has height, width, depth (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a moving dot’s path
  35. 35.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a flat 2D area (c) can be seen all round (d) looks furry or scaly
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) form (c) line (d) value
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) texture (b) line (c) form (d) colour
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) line (b) colour (c) space (d) shape
  40. 40.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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