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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 794 · 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: “how light or dark it is” 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 the element called value? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) looks furry or scaly (d) how light or dark it is
  4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) frame (d) texture
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) form (d) line
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) form (b) value (c) shape (d) line
  7. 7.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) a solid 3D object (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a hue, like red or blue
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called value? (a) can be seen all round (b) from white to black (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a long, thin mark
  10. 10.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a solid 3D object (b) only length and width (c) a long, thin mark (d) a hue, like red or blue
  12. 12.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) space
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) value (c) colour (d) space
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) colour (c) shape (d) line
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) value (c) form (d) line
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) only length and width (c) a flat 2D area (d) a sense of near and far
  17. 17.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) glue (c) colour (d) shape
  18. 18.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) texture (b) form (c) line (d) colour
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a solid 3D object (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a flat 2D area
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) colour
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) space (b) value (c) colour (d) texture
  23. 23.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) form (b) space (c) colour (d) line
  26. 26.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a sense of near and far (c) looks furry or scaly (d) what a rainbow shows
  29. 29.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) how light or dark it is (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a solid 3D object
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) value
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how light or dark it is (b) from white to black (c) gaps between things (d) looks furry or scaly
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) only length and width (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a solid 3D object
  34. 34.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) shape (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) colour (b) value (c) space (d) texture
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a flat 2D area (c) gaps between things (d) has height, width, depth
  38. 38.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) line (c) space (d) shape
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) a long, thin mark (c) gaps between things (d) a closed flat outline

Answer key

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

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