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

Answer key

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

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