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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 968 · 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 tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  3. 3.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) easel (c) form (d) line
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how light or dark it is (b) only length and width (c) a sense of near and far (d) can be seen all round
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) from white to black (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) the area around objects (d) a hue, like red or blue
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a closed flat outline (b) the area around objects (c) a solid 3D object (d) how light or dark it is
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) line (b) form (c) colour (d) shape
  10. 10.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) line (b) space (c) colour (d) form
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) colour
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how a surface feels (b) only length and width (c) a flat 2D area (d) the area around objects
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) form (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called space? (a) only length and width (b) a sense of near and far (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) has height, width, depth
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) form (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
  17. 17.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a sense of near and far (c) a long, thin mark (d) has height, width, depth
  19. 19.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) colour (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
  21. 21.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) colour (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  25. 25.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) space
  26. 26.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) how a surface feels (c) from white to black (d) a moving dot’s path
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) texture (d) form
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) shape (d) line
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a closed flat outline (b) from white to black (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a sense of near and far
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called value? (a) the area around objects (b) a flat 2D area (c) can be seen all round (d) how light or dark it is
  32. 32.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) colour
  34. 34.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) glue (d) space
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) value
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a sense of near and far (b) only length and width (c) looks furry or scaly (d) the area around objects
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called line? (a) gaps between things (b) a long, thin mark (c) the area around objects (d) a closed flat outline
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) space (c) texture (d) line
  39. 39.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. value
  3. False
  4. frame
  5. easel
  6. only length and width
  7. rough, smooth or bumpy
  8. the area around objects
  9. shape
  10. False
  11. form
  12. colour
  13. how a surface feels
  14. texture
  15. a sense of near and far
  16. space
  17. True
  18. a flat 2D area
  19. True
  20. texture
  21. True
  22. False
  23. False
  24. space
  25. texture
  26. False
  27. has height, width, depth
  28. colour
  29. shape
  30. from white to black
  31. how light or dark it is
  32. False
  33. form
  34. glue
  35. value
  36. looks furry or scaly
  37. a long, thin mark
  38. line
  39. False
  40. False

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