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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 187 · 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 “has height, width, depth”? (a) line (b) form (c) texture (d) colour
  2. 2.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a closed flat outline (b) how a surface feels (c) a sense of near and far (d) a solid 3D object
  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 the element called space? (a) only length and width (b) a solid 3D object (c) how a surface feels (d) the area around objects
  6. 6.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) texture (d) form
  8. 8.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
  10. 10.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) from white to black (d) a long, thin mark
  12. 12.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) space (c) colour (d) shape
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how light or dark it is (b) how a surface feels (c) a long, thin mark (d) only length and width
  14. 14.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) easel
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) line (b) texture (c) form (d) value
  16. 16.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) line (b) space (c) value (d) texture
  18. 18.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) a long, thin mark (c) a solid 3D object (d) a closed flat outline
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) colour (c) value (d) form
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) shape (c) value (d) line
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) from white to black (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a sense of near and far
  23. 23.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a closed flat outline (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  25. 25.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) frame (c) line (d) value
  28. 28.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a sense of near and far (c) a flat 2D area (d) has height, width, depth
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) value (b) space (c) shape (d) texture
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how a surface feels (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a flat 2D area (d) from white to black
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) space (b) shape (c) line (d) value
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a solid 3D object (b) how light or dark it is (c) has height, width, depth (d) only length and width
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) line (b) colour (c) value (d) space
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) line (b) shape (c) space (d) texture
  36. 36.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) line (c) shape (d) form
  39. 39.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) form (b) space (c) texture (d) value

Answer key

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

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