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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 188 · 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 closed flat outline”? (a) form (b) line (c) shape (d) colour
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
  3. 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) colour (b) value (c) line (d) form
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a sense of near and far (c) a long, thin mark (d) only length and width
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) shape (d) value
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) value (d) line
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) the area around objects (b) only length and width (c) a moving dot’s path (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) value (d) space
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) only length and width (d) how light or dark it is
  11. 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) form (d) easel
  12. 12.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) value (b) shape (c) form (d) texture
  15. 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) glue (d) shape
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) has height, width, depth (d) a closed flat outline
  17. 17.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) how light or dark it is (c) gaps between things (d) a flat 2D area
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) texture (d) form
  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 “how a surface feels”? (a) space (b) shape (c) form (d) texture
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) value (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
  24. 24.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called line? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a sense of near and far (c) a long, thin mark (d) a hue, like red or blue
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) a solid 3D object (c) a moving dot’s path (d) looks furry or scaly
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) space (b) form (c) colour (d) value
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) from white to black (b) gaps between things (c) how a surface feels (d) a solid 3D object
  30. 30.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) space (c) value (d) texture
  35. 35.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) frame
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) texture (c) line (d) space
  39. 39.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. shape
  2. value
  3. 7
  4. form
  5. a sense of near and far
  6. shape
  7. value
  8. only length and width
  9. value
  10. how light or dark it is
  11. easel
  12. True
  13. False
  14. texture
  15. glue
  16. a hue, like red or blue
  17. False
  18. True
  19. a flat 2D area
  20. colour
  21. False
  22. texture
  23. space
  24. True
  25. False
  26. a long, thin mark
  27. gaps between things
  28. form
  29. how a surface feels
  30. True
  31. False
  32. False
  33. False
  34. texture
  35. False
  36. True
  37. frame
  38. line
  39. False
  40. False

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