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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 811 · 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 “a sense of near and far”? (a) value (b) form (c) space (d) line
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) value
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called line? (a) only length and width (b) how light or dark it is (c) a long, thin mark (d) a solid 3D object
  5. 5.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) colour (b) value (c) line (d) shape
  9. 9.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) what a rainbow shows (c) from white to black (d) a flat 2D area
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a moving dot’s path (c) can be seen all round (d) a sense of near and far
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) the area around objects (b) how a surface feels (c) a closed flat outline (d) from white to black
  13. 13.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) value (b) space (c) line (d) shape
  15. 15.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) gaps between things (c) a solid 3D object (d) has height, width, depth
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) space (b) shape (c) texture (d) form
  18. 18.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) glue (d) space
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
  20. 20.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) space (b) form (c) texture (d) line
  23. 23.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) space (b) shape (c) texture (d) line
  25. 25.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) value (c) line (d) easel
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a closed flat outline (c) from white to black (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  27. 27.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) frame
  28. 28.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called form? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a sense of near and far (c) a solid 3D object (d) the area around objects
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) colour
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) the area around objects (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a closed flat outline
  33. 33.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) line (b) value (c) shape (d) colour
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
  37. 37.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a sense of near and far (c) has height, width, depth (d) only length and width
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) the area around objects (c) how light or dark it is (d) a solid 3D object
  40. 40.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. space
  3. shape
  4. a long, thin mark
  5. True
  6. False
  7. True
  8. value
  9. texture
  10. a moving dot’s path
  11. a sense of near and far
  12. how a surface feels
  13. False
  14. space
  15. False
  16. a flat 2D area
  17. form
  18. glue
  19. value
  20. False
  21. False
  22. form
  23. True
  24. texture
  25. easel
  26. rough, smooth or bumpy
  27. frame
  28. False
  29. True
  30. a solid 3D object
  31. colour
  32. a closed flat outline
  33. False
  34. True
  35. value
  36. line
  37. False
  38. looks furry or scaly
  39. how light or dark it is
  40. False

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