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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 936 · 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.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) texture (d) line
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) shape
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) line (d) texture
  5. 5.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) how light or dark it is (c) a closed flat outline (d) how a surface feels
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a solid 3D object (b) from white to black (c) has height, width, depth (d) a hue, like red or blue
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) form (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a closed flat outline (c) a solid 3D object (d) only length and width
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) what a rainbow shows (c) how a surface feels (d) a moving dot’s path
  11. 11.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) value (b) shape (c) texture (d) form
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) gaps between things (c) only length and width (d) a solid 3D object
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called form? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a closed flat outline (c) a flat 2D area (d) a solid 3D object
  16. 16.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) glue (c) space (d) colour
  17. 17.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) value (b) line (c) colour (d) shape
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) space (d) value
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) the area around objects (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a solid 3D object (d) what a rainbow shows
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) space (c) texture (d) value
  22. 22.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) form (d) line
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a closed flat outline (c) a solid 3D object (d) a long, thin mark
  25. 25.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) value (d) space
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called space? (a) can be seen all round (b) how a surface feels (c) a flat 2D area (d) the area around objects
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) a flat 2D area (c) a solid 3D object (d) a hue, like red or blue
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) form (b) line (c) texture (d) colour
  30. 30.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called form? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) has height, width, depth (c) a closed flat outline (d) a moving dot’s path
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) texture (c) colour (d) shape
  33. 33.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) frame (c) value (d) line
  34. 34.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) shape
  36. 36.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) space (b) line (c) colour (d) value
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) only length and width (b) a sense of near and far (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  40. 40.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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