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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 224 · 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) shape (c) texture (d) line
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) form
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) value
  4. 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  5. 5.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) space
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called value? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a closed flat outline (c) how light or dark it is (d) gaps between things
  7. 7.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) value (d) form
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a sense of near and far (c) a solid 3D object (d) how a surface feels
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) the area around objects (c) has height, width, depth (d) a closed flat outline
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) form (b) shape (c) space (d) texture
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) the area around objects (b) how a surface feels (c) a sense of near and far (d) a flat 2D area
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how light or dark it is (b) the area around objects (c) has height, width, depth (d) a closed flat outline
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a sense of near and far (c) a flat 2D area (d) has height, width, depth
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a moving dot’s path (c) the area around objects (d) a flat 2D area
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called form? (a) the area around objects (b) gaps between things (c) a solid 3D object (d) what a rainbow shows
  16. 16.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) from white to black (b) a closed flat outline (c) has height, width, depth (d) a hue, like red or blue
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  21. 21.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) frame (d) value
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) gaps between things (c) can be seen all round (d) only length and width
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called line? (a) can be seen all round (b) a moving dot’s path (c) from white to black (d) a flat 2D area
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) colour
  26. 26.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a sense of near and far (c) a moving dot’s path (d) the area around objects
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a flat 2D area (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a moving dot’s path (d) the area around objects
  29. 29.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a sense of near and far (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a flat 2D area
  31. 31.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) a moving dot’s path (c) can be seen all round (d) has height, width, depth
  34. 34.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) colour (c) glue (d) shape
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how light or dark it is (b) can be seen all round (c) gaps between things (d) a solid 3D object
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) line (b) shape (c) space (d) texture
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) from white to black (c) what a rainbow shows (d) only length and width
  38. 38.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) value (b) form (c) shape (d) line
  40. 40.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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