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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 882 · 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 tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) has height, width, depth (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) only length and width
  4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) glue (d) colour
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how light or dark it is (b) can be seen all round (c) from white to black (d) a long, thin mark
  6. 6.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called space? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a sense of near and far (c) a long, thin mark (d) how light or dark it is
  9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) frame
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a moving dot’s path (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a sense of near and far
  11. 11.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) value (d) form
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) value (b) space (c) shape (d) form
  14. 14.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a flat 2D area (b) from white to black (c) a long, thin mark (d) gaps between things
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) form (d) line
  17. 17.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) value (b) shape (c) form (d) space
  19. 19.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) space (d) line
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) value (b) texture (c) colour (d) space
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) shape (b) form (c) texture (d) space
  22. 22.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) only length and width (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) from white to black
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a solid 3D object (c) a closed flat outline (d) the area around objects
  27. 27.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called line? (a) can be seen all round (b) a moving dot’s path (c) the area around objects (d) only length and width
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called form? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) has height, width, depth (c) gaps between things (d) a hue, like red or blue
  30. 30.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) form
  32. 32.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) space (b) line (c) texture (d) colour
  34. 34.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called line? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) from white to black (c) a long, thin mark (d) the area around objects
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a sense of near and far (c) has height, width, depth (d) gaps between things
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) form (b) colour (c) space (d) shape
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) form (c) line (d) space
  39. 39.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. value
  3. only length and width
  4. glue
  5. can be seen all round
  6. True
  7. False
  8. a sense of near and far
  9. frame
  10. what a rainbow shows
  11. False
  12. easel
  13. shape
  14. True
  15. from white to black
  16. shape
  17. False
  18. space
  19. texture
  20. space
  21. space
  22. True
  23. False
  24. False
  25. a hue, like red or blue
  26. a solid 3D object
  27. False
  28. a moving dot’s path
  29. has height, width, depth
  30. True
  31. form
  32. True
  33. texture
  34. False
  35. a long, thin mark
  36. a flat 2D area
  37. shape
  38. line
  39. False
  40. True

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