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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 213 · 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) form (d) texture
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) texture (b) value (c) form (d) space
  3. 3.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a closed flat outline (c) a flat 2D area (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  5. 5.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) easel (c) form (d) line
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) colour (b) line (c) form (d) shape
  8. 8.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  11. 11.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) space (d) line
  12. 12.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) space (b) shape (c) form (d) line
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) line (b) texture (c) colour (d) form
  16. 16.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) value (c) frame (d) line
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) line (c) form (d) colour
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a sense of near and far (d) how light or dark it is
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) form
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) line (b) shape (c) colour (d) space
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called form? (a) gaps between things (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) only length and width (d) can be seen all round
  22. 22.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
  23. 23.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a sense of near and far (c) how a surface feels (d) a long, thin mark
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a flat 2D area (b) what a rainbow shows (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a moving dot’s path
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) shape (b) space (c) form (d) colour
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how a surface feels (b) the area around objects (c) a long, thin mark (d) a hue, like red or blue
  28. 28.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) texture (b) form (c) space (d) value
  31. 31.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a solid 3D object (b) how a surface feels (c) a long, thin mark (d) a moving dot’s path
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called value? (a) can be seen all round (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a moving dot’s path (d) how light or dark it is
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) line (b) colour (c) shape (d) space
  36. 36.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) what a rainbow shows (c) has height, width, depth (d) a closed flat outline
  40. 40.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. shape
  2. value
  3. True
  4. rough, smooth or bumpy
  5. False
  6. easel
  7. shape
  8. True
  9. True
  10. 7
  11. texture
  12. True
  13. False
  14. line
  15. form
  16. frame
  17. shape
  18. only length and width
  19. form
  20. colour
  21. can be seen all round
  22. glue
  23. False
  24. a flat 2D area
  25. a moving dot’s path
  26. space
  27. the area around objects
  28. False
  29. value
  30. form
  31. False
  32. value
  33. a solid 3D object
  34. how light or dark it is
  35. space
  36. False
  37. True
  38. True
  39. a long, thin mark
  40. False

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