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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 934 · 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 the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a long, thin mark (c) only length and width (d) what a rainbow shows
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) space
  4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) frame (d) line
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a long, thin mark (c) how light or dark it is (d) a closed flat outline
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called line? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a long, thin mark (c) how light or dark it is (d) only length and width
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how light or dark it is (b) gaps between things (c) has height, width, depth (d) from white to black
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) space (d) line
  9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) easel
  10. 10.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) shape (c) value (d) line
  13. 13.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) shape (b) space (c) texture (d) line
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called line? (a) can be seen all round (b) from white to black (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a hue, like red or blue
  16. 16.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
  17. 17.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) form (c) shape (d) line
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) what a rainbow shows (c) has height, width, depth (d) can be seen all round
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) can be seen all round (b) from white to black (c) only length and width (d) how a surface feels
  21. 21.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) space (b) line (c) form (d) colour
  23. 23.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) colour (b) space (c) value (d) texture
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a closed flat outline (c) a sense of near and far (d) a moving dot’s path
  28. 28.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) how a surface feels (c) only length and width (d) a solid 3D object
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  31. 31.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called value? (a) can be seen all round (b) looks furry or scaly (c) from white to black (d) a flat 2D area
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) shape (b) form (c) line (d) value
  35. 35.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) value (b) colour (c) space (d) form
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) space (b) value (c) shape (d) colour
  39. 39.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) colour (b) space (c) texture (d) line

Answer key

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

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