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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 795 · 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: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) shape (c) colour (d) line
  4. 4.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) the area around objects (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a long, thin mark (d) a flat 2D area
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) value (b) colour (c) shape (d) line
  7. 7.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) frame (c) texture (d) line
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a closed flat outline (b) gaps between things (c) only length and width (d) a flat 2D area
  10. 10.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) space (c) value (d) texture
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) space (c) shape (d) texture
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a sense of near and far (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) only length and width
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a solid 3D object (b) how a surface feels (c) a sense of near and far (d) only length and width
  14. 14.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) how light or dark it is (c) a long, thin mark (d) has height, width, depth
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) line (c) texture (d) colour
  18. 18.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) form (b) shape (c) line (d) colour
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) the area around objects (c) a long, thin mark (d) what a rainbow shows
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) line (b) space (c) form (d) colour
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) line (b) space (c) colour (d) texture
  23. 23.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) glue
  24. 24.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) easel (c) line (d) value
  27. 27.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) value (b) space (c) texture (d) colour
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) form (b) shape (c) line (d) space
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) line
  31. 31.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) only length and width (c) from white to black (d) looks furry or scaly
  35. 35.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) value (b) texture (c) form (d) line
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) has height, width, depth (c) a flat 2D area (d) how a surface feels
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) value (c) space (d) line
  39. 39.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) texture

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. True
  3. line
  4. False
  5. a hue, like red or blue
  6. shape
  7. True
  8. frame
  9. gaps between things
  10. texture
  11. value
  12. a long, thin mark
  13. a sense of near and far
  14. False
  15. False
  16. a flat 2D area
  17. line
  18. True
  19. colour
  20. the area around objects
  21. colour
  22. space
  23. glue
  24. False
  25. True
  26. easel
  27. True
  28. texture
  29. shape
  30. space
  31. False
  32. True
  33. False
  34. only length and width
  35. False
  36. form
  37. how a surface feels
  38. shape
  39. False
  40. value

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