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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 953 · 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 of these is the element called shape? (a) from white to black (b) the area around objects (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a flat 2D area
  3. 3.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a sense of near and far (b) can be seen all round (c) a long, thin mark (d) only length and width
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) space (b) form (c) shape (d) line
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) easel
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how a surface feels (b) a closed flat outline (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) the area around objects
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a flat 2D area (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) gaps between things (d) a closed flat outline
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) space (d) value
  10. 10.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) space (c) shape (d) line
  12. 12.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) the area around objects (c) what a rainbow shows (d) from white to black
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) space (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  15. 15.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called form? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a flat 2D area (c) a long, thin mark (d) can be seen all round
  17. 17.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) frame
  18. 18.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) gaps between things (c) a solid 3D object (d) how light or dark it is
  20. 20.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) line (b) form (c) space (d) colour
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how light or dark it is (b) gaps between things (c) a moving dot’s path (d) has height, width, depth
  25. 25.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) line (b) space (c) value (d) shape
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
  28. 28.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) glue (d) shape
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) form
  30. 30.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called form? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a solid 3D object (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) only length and width
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) only length and width (c) has height, width, depth (d) the area around objects
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called form? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a sense of near and far (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) has height, width, depth
  34. 34.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called space? (a) from white to black (b) what a rainbow shows (c) the area around objects (d) can be seen all round
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) colour (c) shape (d) line
  37. 37.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) value (c) shape (d) space
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) colour (b) space (c) texture (d) value
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a long, thin mark (c) how light or dark it is (d) gaps between things

Answer key

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

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