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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 201 · 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) line (b) value (c) shape (d) space
  2. 2.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) texture (d) form
  4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) colour (c) space (d) shape
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a long, thin mark (d) can be seen all round
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) texture (b) form (c) space (d) shape
  7. 7.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) space
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) form (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) colour
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) has height, width, depth (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) how light or dark it is
  11. 11.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called space? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) gaps between things (c) has height, width, depth (d) how a surface feels
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) has height, width, depth (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a flat 2D area
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a sense of near and far (b) how a surface feels (c) a flat 2D area (d) only length and width
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) form (b) space (c) line (d) value
  17. 17.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called form? (a) from white to black (b) a solid 3D object (c) a closed flat outline (d) gaps between things
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) colour
  22. 22.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) shape (d) form
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) colour (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  27. 27.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called line? (a) has height, width, depth (b) can be seen all round (c) a closed flat outline (d) a moving dot’s path
  30. 30.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called line? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a long, thin mark (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) can be seen all round
  32. 32.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) has height, width, depth (c) a flat 2D area (d) looks furry or scaly
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) the area around objects (c) a long, thin mark (d) how a surface feels
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) value (c) line (d) space
  37. 37.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called space? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) has height, width, depth (c) the area around objects (d) from white to black
  39. 39.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. shape
  2. False
  3. texture
  4. glue
  5. how light or dark it is
  6. shape
  7. texture
  8. line
  9. colour
  10. a hue, like red or blue
  11. 7
  12. gaps between things
  13. a flat 2D area
  14. how a surface feels
  15. value
  16. value
  17. False
  18. False
  19. True
  20. a solid 3D object
  21. line
  22. True
  23. True
  24. True
  25. form
  26. space
  27. True
  28. True
  29. a moving dot’s path
  30. False
  31. a long, thin mark
  32. True
  33. True
  34. looks furry or scaly
  35. what a rainbow shows
  36. colour
  37. False
  38. the area around objects
  39. False
  40. False

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