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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 389 · 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) texture (b) value (c) line (d) space
  2. 2.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) frame
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a moving dot’s path (c) how light or dark it is (d) a closed flat outline
  4. 4.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  6. 6.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) space (b) colour (c) value (d) texture
  8. 8.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) colour (b) space (c) value (d) texture
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a flat 2D area (b) can be seen all round (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) the area around objects (c) a solid 3D object (d) a closed flat outline
  12. 12.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a solid 3D object (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a sense of near and far (d) how a surface feels
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called space? (a) can be seen all round (b) the area around objects (c) how a surface feels (d) how light or dark it is
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) the area around objects (b) has height, width, depth (c) a sense of near and far (d) only length and width
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) line (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) only length and width (c) from white to black (d) a solid 3D object
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) form (b) line (c) shape (d) value
  19. 19.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) space (c) value (d) line
  20. 20.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) easel (c) line (d) value
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) has height, width, depth (c) how light or dark it is (d) a flat 2D area
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) form (b) colour (c) line (d) shape
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a closed flat outline (b) what a rainbow shows (c) only length and width (d) how light or dark it is
  26. 26.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) line (c) form (d) texture
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) value (b) shape (c) texture (d) space
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) form (b) colour (c) space (d) shape
  31. 31.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called line? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a closed flat outline (c) a solid 3D object (d) a long, thin mark
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) shape
  35. 35.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) form
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) value (c) shape (d) colour
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) form

Answer key

  1. line
  2. frame
  3. how light or dark it is
  4. False
  5. 7
  6. True
  7. texture
  8. True
  9. texture
  10. a hue, like red or blue
  11. a closed flat outline
  12. True
  13. a sense of near and far
  14. the area around objects
  15. only length and width
  16. space
  17. a solid 3D object
  18. value
  19. texture
  20. False
  21. True
  22. easel
  23. a flat 2D area
  24. colour
  25. what a rainbow shows
  26. False
  27. True
  28. line
  29. space
  30. colour
  31. True
  32. value
  33. a long, thin mark
  34. texture
  35. False
  36. False
  37. False
  38. form
  39. shape
  40. shape

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