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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 908 · 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 “gaps between things”? (a) line (b) space (c) colour (d) texture
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
  4. 4.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) space
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) easel (d) form
  6. 6.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) form
  8. 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) glue
  9. 9.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) value (b) shape (c) texture (d) form
  12. 12.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) has height, width, depth (d) looks furry or scaly
  15. 15.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a solid 3D object (c) only length and width (d) a flat 2D area
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) colour (c) shape (d) form
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a solid 3D object
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) form (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a sense of near and far (b) the area around objects (c) can be seen all round (d) how a surface feels
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called line? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) gaps between things
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) space (b) colour (c) form (d) shape
  23. 23.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a long, thin mark (c) has height, width, depth (d) only length and width
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called space? (a) can be seen all round (b) gaps between things (c) only length and width (d) how a surface feels
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) has height, width, depth (c) from white to black (d) a long, thin mark
  27. 27.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) shape (b) line (c) form (d) colour
  29. 29.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) frame
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) has height, width, depth (c) from white to black (d) a flat 2D area
  31. 31.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) texture (c) space (d) line
  36. 36.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) only length and width (c) a flat 2D area (d) a long, thin mark
  38. 38.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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