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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 743 · 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: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  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) line (b) texture (c) value (d) frame
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) value (c) shape (d) colour
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) value (c) space (d) form
  6. 6.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) has height, width, depth (c) a sense of near and far (d) looks furry or scaly
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) value (b) colour (c) form (d) line
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a flat 2D area (c) the area around objects (d) a solid 3D object
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) form (b) shape (c) colour (d) value
  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 “has height, width, depth”? (a) value (b) line (c) form (d) shape
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) colour
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) form
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) space (c) line (d) texture
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a closed flat outline (c) a long, thin mark (d) how a surface feels
  17. 17.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) from white to black (b) has height, width, depth (c) only length and width (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  19. 19.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) how a surface feels (c) a flat 2D area (d) a long, thin mark
  21. 21.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called line? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a closed flat outline (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a hue, like red or blue
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a solid 3D object (b) what a rainbow shows (c) looks furry or scaly (d) gaps between things
  25. 25.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) shape (c) value (d) line
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a flat 2D area
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a solid 3D object (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a hue, like red or blue
  29. 29.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) form (c) space (d) texture
  31. 31.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) colour (b) space (c) texture (d) value
  33. 33.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) shape
  35. 35.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) form (b) line (c) space (d) colour
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a sense of near and far (d) only length and width
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) value (b) form (c) line (d) texture
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how a surface feels (b) how light or dark it is (c) what a rainbow shows (d) has height, width, depth

Answer key

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

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