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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 79 · 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 of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) form (c) value (d) line
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) texture (b) space (c) shape (d) value
  4. 4.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) space (b) colour (c) form (d) shape
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) only length and width (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a solid 3D object
  7. 7.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) line (b) space (c) colour (d) value
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) only length and width (c) gaps between things (d) a long, thin mark
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) value (b) form (c) space (d) texture
  11. 11.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) gaps between things (c) can be seen all round (d) from white to black
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a closed flat outline (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a solid 3D object
  15. 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) has height, width, depth (c) gaps between things (d) a hue, like red or blue
  17. 17.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) line (c) shape (d) form
  20. 20.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) form (d) value
  24. 24.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) line (c) form (d) value
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how light or dark it is (b) from white to black (c) how a surface feels (d) gaps between things
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) a flat 2D area (c) a sense of near and far (d) a moving dot’s path
  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 “how light or dark it is”? (a) form (b) value (c) space (d) line
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) value (c) colour (d) shape
  33. 33.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) space (d) value
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) shape (b) value (c) space (d) line
  35. 35.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) glue (c) colour (d) space
  36. 36.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) how a surface feels
  37. 37.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a solid 3D object (c) how light or dark it is (d) a long, thin mark
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) colour (d) form
  40. 40.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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