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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 993 · 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 texture? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a sense of near and far (c) gaps between things (d) a solid 3D object
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
  4. 4.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) space (c) value (d) line
  5. 5.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) the area around objects (b) what a rainbow shows (c) only length and width (d) a flat 2D area
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) space (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) colour (b) space (c) value (d) texture
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) has height, width, depth (c) how light or dark it is (d) a long, thin mark
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) line (d) space
  11. 11.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) colour (c) texture (d) value
  13. 13.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called line? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a moving dot’s path (c) how a surface feels (d) only length and width
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how a surface feels (b) the area around objects (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a flat 2D area
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) colour (b) line (c) value (d) form
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called space? (a) only length and width (b) gaps between things (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) how a surface feels
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) form (b) value (c) line (d) space
  19. 19.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) frame
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a closed flat outline (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a long, thin mark (d) a sense of near and far
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) form (d) line
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a long, thin mark (b) can be seen all round (c) only length and width (d) how a surface feels
  23. 23.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) easel (c) value (d) line
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) value (b) shape (c) line (d) form
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) shape (b) line (c) texture (d) form
  26. 26.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) texture (c) value (d) line
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a solid 3D object (d) how light or dark it is
  30. 30.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) only length and width (c) how a surface feels (d) looks furry or scaly
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) shape (d) space
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) line (c) space (d) colour
  35. 35.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) space
  37. 37.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) form (b) shape (c) texture (d) line
  39. 39.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) value (b) space (c) texture (d) shape

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. rough, smooth or bumpy
  3. glue
  4. texture
  5. True
  6. what a rainbow shows
  7. value
  8. space
  9. a flat 2D area
  10. line
  11. False
  12. space
  13. False
  14. a moving dot’s path
  15. the area around objects
  16. form
  17. gaps between things
  18. line
  19. frame
  20. looks furry or scaly
  21. shape
  22. how a surface feels
  23. easel
  24. form
  25. form
  26. False
  27. True
  28. value
  29. how light or dark it is
  30. True
  31. True
  32. only length and width
  33. shape
  34. texture
  35. False
  36. texture
  37. True
  38. texture
  39. True
  40. shape

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