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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 199 · 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 flat 2D area”? (a) space (b) shape (c) value (d) colour
  2. 2.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) frame (c) texture (d) line
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) form (b) colour (c) shape (d) value
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) line
  5. 5.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) line (c) shape (d) space
  8. 8.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) space (d) texture
  9. 9.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) form (c) shape (d) colour
  11. 11.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a closed flat outline (b) looks furry or scaly (c) only length and width (d) a solid 3D object
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) colour (b) value (c) texture (d) form
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) has height, width, depth (c) a closed flat outline (d) a long, thin mark
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) a closed flat outline (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a long, thin mark
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) line (b) colour (c) form (d) shape
  17. 17.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) easel (d) value
  18. 18.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) looks furry or scaly (c) has height, width, depth (d) a flat 2D area
  20. 20.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) colour (b) texture (c) space (d) form
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how a surface feels (b) a solid 3D object (c) looks furry or scaly (d) from white to black
  23. 23.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a moving dot’s path (c) the area around objects (d) what a rainbow shows
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) shape (b) space (c) form (d) texture
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how a surface feels (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a moving dot’s path (d) how light or dark it is
  27. 27.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) form (b) space (c) texture (d) value
  29. 29.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
  31. 31.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) can be seen all round (c) only length and width (d) a sense of near and far
  33. 33.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a moving dot’s path (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a sense of near and far
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) value (c) colour (d) shape
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) space (d) line
  38. 38.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) colour (b) line (c) value (d) shape
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) texture

Answer key

  1. shape
  2. frame
  3. shape
  4. shape
  5. glue
  6. value
  7. line
  8. texture
  9. 7
  10. space
  11. True
  12. a solid 3D object
  13. form
  14. has height, width, depth
  15. gaps between things
  16. form
  17. easel
  18. False
  19. a flat 2D area
  20. False
  21. texture
  22. from white to black
  23. False
  24. what a rainbow shows
  25. space
  26. a moving dot’s path
  27. True
  28. value
  29. False
  30. space
  31. True
  32. only length and width
  33. True
  34. False
  35. rough, smooth or bumpy
  36. texture
  37. texture
  38. False
  39. value
  40. value

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