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

Answer key

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

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