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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 212 · 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 long, thin mark”? (a) colour (b) value (c) shape (d) line
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a flat 2D area (c) a long, thin mark (d) how a surface feels
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) colour (b) form (c) line (d) shape
  6. 6.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a flat 2D area (c) a solid 3D object (d) how light or dark it is
  8. 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) easel (c) form (d) value
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  10. 10.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) glue (d) shape
  11. 11.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) value (c) space (d) colour
  13. 13.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) looks furry or scaly
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) value (c) space (d) form
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) space (c) shape (d) line
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) texture
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a solid 3D object (b) how a surface feels (c) how light or dark it is (d) has height, width, depth
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
  20. 20.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) frame
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how light or dark it is (b) gaps between things (c) has height, width, depth (d) a solid 3D object
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) space (d) value
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) from white to black (c) a long, thin mark (d) a closed flat outline
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a solid 3D object (d) can be seen all round
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) a moving dot’s path (c) only length and width (d) has height, width, depth
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) line (b) space (c) form (d) texture
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) value (c) shape (d) space
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) form (d) line
  29. 29.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) space
  31. 31.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) colour
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) can be seen all round (c) from white to black (d) what a rainbow shows
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) space (b) value (c) colour (d) shape
  36. 36.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a closed flat outline (c) a moving dot’s path (d) how light or dark it is
  38. 38.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) line (b) colour (c) form (d) value
  40. 40.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. line
  2. 7
  3. True
  4. a flat 2D area
  5. shape
  6. False
  7. a solid 3D object
  8. easel
  9. line
  10. glue
  11. True
  12. space
  13. False
  14. a hue, like red or blue
  15. texture
  16. shape
  17. value
  18. how a surface feels
  19. shape
  20. frame
  21. gaps between things
  22. texture
  23. from white to black
  24. looks furry or scaly
  25. only length and width
  26. texture
  27. form
  28. form
  29. False
  30. texture
  31. False
  32. True
  33. colour
  34. can be seen all round
  35. colour
  36. True
  37. a closed flat outline
  38. False
  39. form
  40. True

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