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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 722 · 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.Which of these is the element called value? (a) can be seen all round (b) the area around objects (c) looks furry or scaly (d) how light or dark it is
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) form (c) line (d) easel
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a long, thin mark (c) only length and width (d) can be seen all round
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) from white to black (c) a moving dot’s path (d) has height, width, depth
  6. 6.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) value (b) colour (c) form (d) shape
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) texture (c) line (d) shape
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) has height, width, depth (c) the area around objects (d) a closed flat outline
  11. 11.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) from white to black (c) only length and width (d) the area around objects
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) value (c) shape (d) texture
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) form (b) texture (c) value (d) shape
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) form (d) line
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) space
  17. 17.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  18. 18.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) space (b) form (c) texture (d) line
  20. 20.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a flat 2D area (c) a closed flat outline (d) can be seen all round
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) line (b) form (c) texture (d) shape
  23. 23.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) space
  25. 25.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) glue
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) value (c) shape (d) texture
  27. 27.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) from white to black (d) a long, thin mark
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how a surface feels (b) a flat 2D area (c) a sense of near and far (d) what a rainbow shows
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) value (b) shape (c) form (d) texture
  31. 31.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) a long, thin mark (c) the area around objects (d) how a surface feels
  33. 33.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a closed flat outline (b) can be seen all round (c) a long, thin mark (d) from white to black
  36. 36.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) form
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) form (b) value (c) shape (d) space
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how a surface feels (b) only length and width (c) gaps between things (d) can be seen all round
  40. 40.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. how light or dark it is
  2. 7
  3. easel
  4. can be seen all round
  5. from white to black
  6. True
  7. True
  8. form
  9. line
  10. a closed flat outline
  11. False
  12. only length and width
  13. shape
  14. value
  15. colour
  16. shape
  17. frame
  18. False
  19. line
  20. False
  21. a sense of near and far
  22. shape
  23. True
  24. texture
  25. glue
  26. value
  27. True
  28. a hue, like red or blue
  29. what a rainbow shows
  30. form
  31. False
  32. how a surface feels
  33. False
  34. False
  35. a long, thin mark
  36. False
  37. form
  38. value
  39. gaps between things
  40. False

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