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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 89 · 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 of these is the element called colour? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a solid 3D object (c) the area around objects (d) what a rainbow shows
  3. 3.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  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 shape? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a solid 3D object (c) how a surface feels (d) a closed flat outline
  6. 6.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) line (b) colour (c) form (d) value
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) can be seen all round (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a solid 3D object (d) a moving dot’s path
  9. 9.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) value (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called form? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a solid 3D object (c) a closed flat outline (d) a sense of near and far
  13. 13.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) form (b) space (c) colour (d) line
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) shape (b) line (c) space (d) form
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) colour
  17. 17.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) space (b) line (c) colour (d) value
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) from white to black (c) can be seen all round (d) how a surface feels
  20. 20.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) has height, width, depth (c) the area around objects (d) what a rainbow shows
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a solid 3D object (b) how light or dark it is (c) the area around objects (d) has height, width, depth
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how light or dark it is (b) the area around objects (c) a sense of near and far (d) a moving dot’s path
  24. 24.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a closed flat outline (b) how light or dark it is (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) gaps between things
  26. 26.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) colour (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) space (b) value (c) colour (d) line
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) line (c) form (d) space
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called space? (a) from white to black (b) the area around objects (c) only length and width (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  31. 31.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) form (c) space (d) line
  33. 33.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) shape
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) has height, width, depth (c) a sense of near and far (d) a flat 2D area
  39. 39.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) shape

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. what a rainbow shows
  3. False
  4. glue
  5. a closed flat outline
  6. True
  7. form
  8. rough, smooth or bumpy
  9. False
  10. True
  11. space
  12. a solid 3D object
  13. texture
  14. space
  15. form
  16. texture
  17. False
  18. line
  19. how a surface feels
  20. True
  21. has height, width, depth
  22. how light or dark it is
  23. a moving dot’s path
  24. False
  25. gaps between things
  26. False
  27. texture
  28. value
  29. texture
  30. the area around objects
  31. True
  32. line
  33. False
  34. False
  35. False
  36. shape
  37. shape
  38. a flat 2D area
  39. False
  40. value

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