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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 774 · 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: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  4. 4.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) frame
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) space (b) line (c) texture (d) colour
  7. 7.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) space
  10. 10.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) colour (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) space
  15. 15.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) texture (c) shape (d) value
  19. 19.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a closed flat outline (c) a solid 3D object (d) a hue, like red or blue
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called line? (a) can be seen all round (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) has height, width, depth (d) a moving dot’s path
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called line? (a) gaps between things (b) a long, thin mark (c) a sense of near and far (d) a solid 3D object
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) colour (c) texture (d) shape
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a long, thin mark (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) can be seen all round
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a flat 2D area
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a closed flat outline (b) the area around objects (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a long, thin mark
  27. 27.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) shape (c) space (d) glue
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a closed flat outline (c) can be seen all round (d) from white to black
  29. 29.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) easel
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) texture (b) line (c) form (d) space
  32. 32.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) form (d) line
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) shape (c) form (d) texture
  36. 36.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) texture (b) form (c) line (d) shape
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) how a surface feels (d) only length and width
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called space? (a) has height, width, depth (b) gaps between things (c) how light or dark it is (d) a closed flat outline
  40. 40.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. True
  3. line
  4. True
  5. frame
  6. texture
  7. True
  8. False
  9. texture
  10. True
  11. True
  12. False
  13. texture
  14. line
  15. False
  16. True
  17. True
  18. shape
  19. True
  20. a sense of near and far
  21. a moving dot’s path
  22. a long, thin mark
  23. shape
  24. can be seen all round
  25. looks furry or scaly
  26. the area around objects
  27. glue
  28. a closed flat outline
  29. easel
  30. value
  31. form
  32. True
  33. False
  34. form
  35. value
  36. True
  37. form
  38. how a surface feels
  39. gaps between things
  40. True

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