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

Answer key

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

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