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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 215 · 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 solid 3D object”? (a) space (b) colour (c) form (d) line
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) shape (c) form (d) value
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) form (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) form (b) shape (c) value (d) space
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) texture (b) space (c) form (d) shape
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) how a surface feels (c) the area around objects (d) what a rainbow shows
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) value (c) line (d) colour
  8. 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) frame (c) texture (d) line
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called space? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) gaps between things (c) has height, width, depth (d) a long, thin mark
  10. 10.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
  14. 14.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a flat 2D area (c) how light or dark it is (d) gaps between things
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a long, thin mark (c) only length and width (d) looks furry or scaly
  17. 17.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a solid 3D object (b) gaps between things (c) only length and width (d) how light or dark it is
  21. 21.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a flat 2D area (c) a sense of near and far (d) gaps between things
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) space (b) line (c) shape (d) form
  24. 24.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) shape (d) glue
  25. 25.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) colour (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a moving dot’s path (c) what a rainbow shows (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  28. 28.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) easel (c) value (d) line
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) a solid 3D object (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) how a surface feels
  30. 30.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) shape (c) line (d) texture
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called form? (a) gaps between things (b) has height, width, depth (c) how a surface feels (d) from white to black
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called value? (a) the area around objects (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a long, thin mark (d) from white to black
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) form (b) space (c) value (d) shape
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) form (c) texture (d) value
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a solid 3D object (c) only length and width (d) a moving dot’s path
  37. 37.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) only length and width (c) has height, width, depth (d) the area around objects
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) form
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) a long, thin mark (c) how a surface feels (d) rough, smooth or bumpy

Answer key

  1. form
  2. space
  3. line
  4. space
  5. space
  6. the area around objects
  7. line
  8. frame
  9. gaps between things
  10. False
  11. False
  12. False
  13. value
  14. 7
  15. a flat 2D area
  16. a long, thin mark
  17. False
  18. False
  19. False
  20. how light or dark it is
  21. False
  22. a hue, like red or blue
  23. form
  24. glue
  25. True
  26. texture
  27. what a rainbow shows
  28. easel
  29. how a surface feels
  30. texture
  31. shape
  32. has height, width, depth
  33. from white to black
  34. shape
  35. colour
  36. a moving dot’s path
  37. False
  38. only length and width
  39. value
  40. can be seen all round

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