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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 173 · 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.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) colour (b) space (c) line (d) shape
  2. 2.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a closed flat outline (c) how light or dark it is (d) looks furry or scaly
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a sense of near and far (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a long, thin mark
  4. 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) form
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) from white to black (c) how light or dark it is (d) a long, thin mark
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a flat 2D area (c) how a surface feels (d) the area around objects
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) only length and width (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  10. 10.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) space (d) value
  12. 12.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) glue
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) colour
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) space (b) colour (c) value (d) line
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) line (b) form (c) texture (d) shape
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) form (d) space
  19. 19.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) space (b) line (c) shape (d) colour
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) space
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) form
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a long, thin mark (b) gaps between things (c) from white to black (d) a solid 3D object
  26. 26.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how a surface feels (b) gaps between things (c) a long, thin mark (d) a solid 3D object
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) only length and width (c) how a surface feels (d) a hue, like red or blue
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) space (b) colour (c) texture (d) value
  30. 30.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a closed flat outline (b) from white to black (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) can be seen all round
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) form (d) line
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) the area around objects (b) how a surface feels (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a closed flat outline
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a flat 2D area (c) from white to black (d) how a surface feels
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) line (b) space (c) value (d) shape
  36. 36.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) value (c) line (d) form
  39. 39.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. space
  2. a moving dot’s path
  3. has height, width, depth
  4. 7
  5. frame
  6. form
  7. looks furry or scaly
  8. a long, thin mark
  9. a hue, like red or blue
  10. True
  11. texture
  12. True
  13. False
  14. glue
  15. colour
  16. colour
  17. form
  18. shape
  19. False
  20. True
  21. False
  22. line
  23. texture
  24. shape
  25. from white to black
  26. False
  27. a solid 3D object
  28. only length and width
  29. value
  30. True
  31. a closed flat outline
  32. shape
  33. how a surface feels
  34. a flat 2D area
  35. space
  36. True
  37. True
  38. easel
  39. False
  40. False

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