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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 765 · 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.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) space
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) has height, width, depth (b) what a rainbow shows (c) can be seen all round (d) only length and width
  4. 4.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) frame (c) value (d) texture
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) texture (c) colour (d) line
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) form (d) line
  8. 8.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) space
  10. 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) easel
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how a surface feels (b) a long, thin mark (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a hue, like red or blue
  12. 12.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) form
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) form (c) space (d) shape
  16. 16.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a sense of near and far (c) what a rainbow shows (d) how light or dark it is
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called line? (a) can be seen all round (b) a moving dot’s path (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) the area around objects
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) value (b) shape (c) space (d) texture
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) value (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called space? (a) has height, width, depth (b) the area around objects (c) looks furry or scaly (d) only length and width
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) texture (b) line (c) colour (d) form
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called space? (a) can be seen all round (b) a solid 3D object (c) a sense of near and far (d) a hue, like red or blue
  25. 25.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) form (c) line (d) colour
  27. 27.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) glue
  31. 31.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) from white to black (b) a moving dot’s path (c) gaps between things (d) only length and width
  33. 33.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) from white to black (c) only length and width (d) a moving dot’s path
  35. 35.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a flat 2D area (c) a long, thin mark (d) can be seen all round
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) space (b) form (c) shape (d) texture
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) has height, width, depth (b) gaps between things (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) can be seen all round
  40. 40.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. texture
  3. what a rainbow shows
  4. True
  5. frame
  6. line
  7. shape
  8. False
  9. texture
  10. easel
  11. a hue, like red or blue
  12. False
  13. False
  14. shape
  15. shape
  16. False
  17. a long, thin mark
  18. a moving dot’s path
  19. value
  20. value
  21. colour
  22. the area around objects
  23. form
  24. a sense of near and far
  25. True
  26. value
  27. False
  28. False
  29. True
  30. glue
  31. False
  32. only length and width
  33. False
  34. can be seen all round
  35. False
  36. True
  37. a flat 2D area
  38. texture
  39. rough, smooth or bumpy
  40. True

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