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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 978 · 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 is “a flat 2D area”? (a) space (b) colour (c) texture (d) shape
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a sense of near and far (b) has height, width, depth (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) looks furry or scaly
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a solid 3D object (b) the area around objects (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a flat 2D area
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) frame (d) line
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) easel (d) form
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) how a surface feels (c) how light or dark it is (d) a hue, like red or blue
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) how a surface feels (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) from white to black
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) form (d) value
  11. 11.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) space
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a flat 2D area (b) gaps between things (c) a sense of near and far (d) looks furry or scaly
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) how light or dark it is (c) a solid 3D object (d) a closed flat outline
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) texture (b) form (c) space (d) value
  15. 15.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) how a surface feels (c) how light or dark it is (d) from white to black
  18. 18.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) shape (c) value (d) line
  20. 20.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) space (b) line (c) form (d) colour
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) line (b) colour (c) texture (d) value
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a sense of near and far (b) has height, width, depth (c) from white to black (d) can be seen all round
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) form (d) space
  25. 25.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) value (c) shape (d) space
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) the area around objects (c) a closed flat outline (d) gaps between things
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) can be seen all round (c) has height, width, depth (d) how light or dark it is
  29. 29.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) space (b) value (c) colour (d) form
  31. 31.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) shape
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called form? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) only length and width (c) gaps between things (d) has height, width, depth
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) shape (b) space (c) texture (d) form
  38. 38.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called form? (a) the area around objects (b) can be seen all round (c) a long, thin mark (d) gaps between things
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) a long, thin mark (c) looks furry or scaly (d) has height, width, depth

Answer key

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

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