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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 917 · 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.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) value
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) has height, width, depth (c) a flat 2D area (d) how a surface feels
  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 flat 2D area”? (a) space (b) line (c) shape (d) form
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a long, thin mark (b) how light or dark it is (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) can be seen all round
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) form (b) colour (c) shape (d) value
  10. 10.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) value (d) form
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a moving dot’s path
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) can be seen all round (c) how a surface feels (d) what a rainbow shows
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) a solid 3D object (c) a flat 2D area (d) a hue, like red or blue
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a closed flat outline (b) has height, width, depth (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) gaps between things
  16. 16.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
  19. 19.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) glue (c) colour (d) shape
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) value
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called line? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a long, thin mark (c) a sense of near and far (d) a flat 2D area
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) form (b) colour (c) space (d) texture
  24. 24.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) from white to black (c) a long, thin mark (d) a flat 2D area
  26. 26.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) texture
  28. 28.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called value? (a) has height, width, depth (b) how light or dark it is (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a hue, like red or blue
  30. 30.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) line (c) form (d) space
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) line (d) texture
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) the area around objects (d) only length and width
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) shape (d) space
  35. 35.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) line (c) form (d) space
  38. 38.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) form (c) easel (d) line
  39. 39.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. False
  3. 7
  4. space
  5. a moving dot’s path
  6. True
  7. shape
  8. rough, smooth or bumpy
  9. value
  10. texture
  11. shape
  12. only length and width
  13. what a rainbow shows
  14. a flat 2D area
  15. has height, width, depth
  16. True
  17. False
  18. value
  19. False
  20. glue
  21. value
  22. a long, thin mark
  23. colour
  24. True
  25. a sense of near and far
  26. frame
  27. texture
  28. False
  29. how light or dark it is
  30. False
  31. line
  32. shape
  33. a hue, like red or blue
  34. space
  35. True
  36. False
  37. line
  38. easel
  39. False
  40. False

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