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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 177 · 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 of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) form (b) shape (c) value (d) texture
  4. 4.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) easel (d) form
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) only length and width (c) gaps between things (d) what a rainbow shows
  7. 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) glue
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) line (d) form
  9. 9.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) line (c) form (d) colour
  11. 11.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) texture (b) form (c) shape (d) colour
  13. 13.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
  15. 15.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) from white to black (d) how a surface feels
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  18. 18.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) line (b) value (c) space (d) shape
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) texture (c) shape (d) colour
  22. 22.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
  24. 24.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a closed flat outline (c) what a rainbow shows (d) only length and width
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) can be seen all round (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a flat 2D area
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) how a surface feels (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a closed flat outline
  28. 28.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) value (d) texture
  32. 32.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) space (d) texture
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) the area around objects (c) a sense of near and far (d) from white to black
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) line (b) texture (c) space (d) shape
  35. 35.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) space
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) what a rainbow shows (c) from white to black (d) the area around objects
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) space (b) texture (c) colour (d) line
  39. 39.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a closed flat outline (c) the area around objects (d) a solid 3D object

Answer key

  1. frame
  2. 7
  3. texture
  4. True
  5. easel
  6. only length and width
  7. glue
  8. form
  9. True
  10. shape
  11. False
  12. shape
  13. True
  14. value
  15. False
  16. a flat 2D area
  17. value
  18. True
  19. True
  20. shape
  21. space
  22. False
  23. space
  24. False
  25. what a rainbow shows
  26. gaps between things
  27. a closed flat outline
  28. False
  29. False
  30. True
  31. value
  32. texture
  33. from white to black
  34. texture
  35. True
  36. line
  37. can be seen all round
  38. colour
  39. False
  40. a solid 3D object

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