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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 217 · 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) shape (b) line (c) colour (d) texture
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) colour (d) form
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a long, thin mark (d) a moving dot’s path
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called line? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a solid 3D object (c) a flat 2D area (d) a long, thin mark
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) line (b) form (c) shape (d) colour
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) form (b) shape (c) space (d) texture
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) how light or dark it is (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) what a rainbow shows
  9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) frame
  10. 10.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) from white to black (b) a long, thin mark (c) how a surface feels (d) a flat 2D area
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called line? (a) has height, width, depth (b) how a surface feels (c) a sense of near and far (d) a moving dot’s path
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) can be seen all round (d) a closed flat outline
  15. 15.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) line (b) colour (c) form (d) texture
  17. 17.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) space (c) texture (d) value
  18. 18.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called space? (a) only length and width (b) a flat 2D area (c) how a surface feels (d) the area around objects
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) texture (b) value (c) colour (d) shape
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called space? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) gaps between things (c) only length and width (d) how light or dark it is
  23. 23.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) how a surface feels (c) a solid 3D object (d) a long, thin mark
  26. 26.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a closed flat outline (c) what a rainbow shows (d) gaps between things
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) a solid 3D object (c) a flat 2D area (d) how light or dark it is
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) line (c) form (d) shape
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) form (b) line (c) space (d) colour
  31. 31.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) has height, width, depth (c) a sense of near and far (d) a solid 3D object
  33. 33.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) easel (d) form
  34. 34.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) shape (c) glue (d) space
  35. 35.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) line (d) form
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) from white to black (c) a closed flat outline (d) gaps between things
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) value (b) shape (c) texture (d) line
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) form (b) line (c) space (d) value

Answer key

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

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