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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 719 · 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 closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) value
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) shape (c) space (d) line
  5. 5.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) space (b) texture (c) value (d) form
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how a surface feels (b) has height, width, depth (c) from white to black (d) a sense of near and far
  8. 8.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) colour (c) form (d) texture
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) value (d) space
  13. 13.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) frame
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a flat 2D area (c) the area around objects (d) what a rainbow shows
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) only length and width (d) from white to black
  17. 17.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a solid 3D object (d) a hue, like red or blue
  20. 20.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called space? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) how a surface feels (c) a solid 3D object (d) a sense of near and far
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called line? (a) has height, width, depth (b) the area around objects (c) a moving dot’s path (d) what a rainbow shows
  23. 23.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) space (d) line
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a closed flat outline (b) how light or dark it is (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) has height, width, depth
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) form (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
  28. 28.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) a closed flat outline (c) how a surface feels (d) can be seen all round
  32. 32.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) line (b) space (c) texture (d) shape
  34. 34.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) texture (b) space (c) form (d) colour
  36. 36.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) easel (c) line (d) value
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) line (d) shape

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. True
  3. value
  4. form
  5. False
  6. value
  7. has height, width, depth
  8. False
  9. False
  10. False
  11. space
  12. value
  13. False
  14. frame
  15. a flat 2D area
  16. only length and width
  17. False
  18. texture
  19. how light or dark it is
  20. True
  21. a sense of near and far
  22. a moving dot’s path
  23. False
  24. line
  25. a closed flat outline
  26. line
  27. texture
  28. True
  29. False
  30. glue
  31. how a surface feels
  32. False
  33. space
  34. False
  35. space
  36. True
  37. True
  38. True
  39. easel
  40. shape

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