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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 265 · 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 moving dot’s path”? (a) form (b) colour (c) shape (d) line
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) line (b) form (c) shape (d) colour
  3. 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) form (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a long, thin mark (c) a closed flat outline (d) a solid 3D object
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) can be seen all round (c) the area around objects (d) a moving dot’s path
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) texture (c) shape (d) form
  8. 8.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) how a surface feels (d) a flat 2D area
  11. 11.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) value (b) shape (c) form (d) texture
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) form
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) value (c) colour (d) line
  15. 15.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) the area around objects (c) has height, width, depth (d) a closed flat outline
  17. 17.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  20. 20.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  21. 21.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) form (c) line (d) colour
  23. 23.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) from white to black (c) a solid 3D object (d) has height, width, depth
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a long, thin mark (b) how a surface feels (c) a solid 3D object (d) from white to black
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a flat 2D area (c) a moving dot’s path (d) from white to black
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how a surface feels (b) what a rainbow shows (c) the area around objects (d) can be seen all round
  28. 28.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) value (c) line (d) form
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) gaps between things (c) the area around objects (d) looks furry or scaly
  30. 30.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) glue (d) space
  32. 32.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) only length and width (c) a solid 3D object (d) has height, width, depth
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called form? (a) from white to black (b) how light or dark it is (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a solid 3D object
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how a surface feels (b) a solid 3D object (c) looks furry or scaly (d) gaps between things
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a long, thin mark (c) a flat 2D area (d) a moving dot’s path
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) colour (b) value (c) texture (d) form
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a closed flat outline (c) a sense of near and far (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called form? (a) from white to black (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a long, thin mark (d) has height, width, depth
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) space (b) form (c) colour (d) texture

Answer key

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

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