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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 778 · 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.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) form (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
  3. 3.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) space (d) line
  4. 4.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) value (c) line (d) form
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a long, thin mark (d) how light or dark it is
  8. 8.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) only length and width (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a flat 2D area
  10. 10.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a sense of near and far (c) a moving dot’s path (d) can be seen all round
  12. 12.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) looks furry or scaly
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) form
  14. 14.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) frame (d) texture
  16. 16.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) colour (b) space (c) line (d) texture
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) line (b) space (c) texture (d) value
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) shape
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how a surface feels (b) a solid 3D object (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) the area around objects
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called space? (a) only length and width (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a sense of near and far (d) how light or dark it is
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a closed flat outline (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) the area around objects
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) colour
  24. 24.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) colour
  27. 27.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (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.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called line? (a) from white to black (b) has height, width, depth (c) a flat 2D area (d) a long, thin mark
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a long, thin mark (b) the area around objects (c) from white to black (d) has height, width, depth
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) form
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) space (b) colour (c) form (d) line
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) line (d) texture
  36. 36.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) glue
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) form (b) texture (c) line (d) colour
  39. 39.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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