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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 364 · 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) colour (c) line (d) texture
  2. 2.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) easel
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a sense of near and far (b) has height, width, depth (c) a closed flat outline (d) what a rainbow shows
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) form (b) shape (c) value (d) colour
  7. 7.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) space (c) line (d) texture
  8. 8.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) line (b) shape (c) colour (d) texture
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) how a surface feels (c) a flat 2D area (d) looks furry or scaly
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) only length and width (c) how a surface feels (d) a flat 2D area
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) form (b) space (c) texture (d) value
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) gaps between things (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) only length and width (d) a hue, like red or blue
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) space (b) shape (c) texture (d) colour
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called line? (a) only length and width (b) a long, thin mark (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) how light or dark it is
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) value
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called value? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) how light or dark it is (c) a long, thin mark (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) texture (c) space (d) form
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how a surface feels (b) gaps between things (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a long, thin mark
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) colour (c) texture (d) shape
  21. 21.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called value? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) can be seen all round (c) from white to black (d) a flat 2D area
  25. 25.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) shape (c) space (d) glue
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) can be seen all round (c) a closed flat outline (d) has height, width, depth
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) space (d) line
  28. 28.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) shape (b) space (c) line (d) form
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) how a surface feels (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a solid 3D object
  33. 33.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) value (b) space (c) form (d) line
  35. 35.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a closed flat outline (b) has height, width, depth (c) from white to black (d) a sense of near and far
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a solid 3D object (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) has height, width, depth
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) value (c) form (d) space
  39. 39.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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