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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 833 · 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.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) form
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) texture (b) value (c) space (d) shape
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) frame (d) texture
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) value (c) line (d) form
  7. 7.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) value (c) texture (d) shape
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) value (b) texture (c) colour (d) space
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) the area around objects (b) how light or dark it is (c) a solid 3D object (d) only length and width
  11. 11.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) from white to black (c) a solid 3D object (d) a closed flat outline
  15. 15.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  17. 17.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a sense of near and far (b) looks furry or scaly (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a hue, like red or blue
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) texture (b) space (c) line (d) value
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called value? (a) can be seen all round (b) has height, width, depth (c) how light or dark it is (d) a moving dot’s path
  21. 21.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a long, thin mark (c) gaps between things (d) a sense of near and far
  23. 23.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) glue (c) colour (d) shape
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) how a surface feels (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a hue, like red or blue
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) form (d) colour
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) from white to black (c) a flat 2D area (d) a sense of near and far
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called form? (a) the area around objects (b) from white to black (c) looks furry or scaly (d) can be seen all round
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) has height, width, depth (c) a closed flat outline (d) a flat 2D area
  29. 29.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) only length and width (c) looks furry or scaly (d) the area around objects
  31. 31.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) value (b) form (c) texture (d) line
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) colour (b) value (c) line (d) shape
  35. 35.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) space (b) texture (c) colour (d) form
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a flat 2D area (c) has height, width, depth (d) how a surface feels
  39. 39.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. texture
  2. 7
  3. line
  4. space
  5. frame
  6. easel
  7. False
  8. space
  9. space
  10. only length and width
  11. True
  12. True
  13. True
  14. a closed flat outline
  15. False
  16. value
  17. True
  18. a hue, like red or blue
  19. value
  20. how light or dark it is
  21. False
  22. looks furry or scaly
  23. glue
  24. has height, width, depth
  25. colour
  26. from white to black
  27. can be seen all round
  28. a long, thin mark
  29. False
  30. the area around objects
  31. False
  32. True
  33. form
  34. value
  35. False
  36. False
  37. colour
  38. how a surface feels
  39. True
  40. False

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