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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 898 · 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.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) easel (d) form
  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 moving dot’s path”? (a) form (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
  4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) frame (d) line
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) texture (b) space (c) shape (d) value
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) colour (b) value (c) shape (d) line
  8. 8.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) how light or dark it is (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) only length and width
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) space (d) value
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) the area around objects (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) only length and width (d) a hue, like red or blue
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) value (b) colour (c) texture (d) space
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) line
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) line (b) value (c) colour (d) texture
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a long, thin mark (d) only length and width
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called space? (a) can be seen all round (b) the area around objects (c) a closed flat outline (d) has height, width, depth
  19. 19.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) can be seen all round (c) a flat 2D area (d) how a surface feels
  21. 21.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) how light or dark it is (c) a sense of near and far (d) how a surface feels
  25. 25.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) how light or dark it is (c) a closed flat outline (d) a sense of near and far
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) can be seen all round (b) a sense of near and far (c) gaps between things (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) has height, width, depth (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a sense of near and far
  29. 29.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a sense of near and far (b) how a surface feels (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a closed flat outline
  32. 32.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) from white to black (b) has height, width, depth (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a long, thin mark
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called space? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a flat 2D area (c) gaps between things (d) only length and width
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) space (c) colour (d) form
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) line (c) shape (d) space
  37. 37.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
  40. 40.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) space

Answer key

  1. easel
  2. 7
  3. line
  4. frame
  5. shape
  6. value
  7. shape
  8. True
  9. False
  10. a sense of near and far
  11. texture
  12. value
  13. only length and width
  14. space
  15. colour
  16. texture
  17. looks furry or scaly
  18. the area around objects
  19. False
  20. can be seen all round
  21. True
  22. False
  23. False
  24. has height, width, depth
  25. True
  26. a closed flat outline
  27. rough, smooth or bumpy
  28. a flat 2D area
  29. True
  30. False
  31. how a surface feels
  32. False
  33. what a rainbow shows
  34. gaps between things
  35. texture
  36. space
  37. True
  38. True
  39. glue
  40. texture

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