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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 420 · 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 the element called shape? (a) a solid 3D object (b) gaps between things (c) has height, width, depth (d) a closed flat outline
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
  3. 3.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  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: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) value (b) colour (c) space (d) shape
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called line? (a) the area around objects (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a moving dot’s path (d) how light or dark it is
  9. 9.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) form (b) texture (c) value (d) shape
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) line (c) shape (d) value
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) space (c) texture (d) line
  12. 12.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) only length and width (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a moving dot’s path (d) the area around objects
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a flat 2D area (d) has height, width, depth
  16. 16.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) gaps between things (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a flat 2D area
  18. 18.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) value
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a closed flat outline (b) from white to black (c) what a rainbow shows (d) how light or dark it is
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) colour (b) form (c) shape (d) line
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) the area around objects (b) gaps between things (c) how a surface feels (d) how light or dark it is
  24. 24.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) form (b) line (c) space (d) shape
  27. 27.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a long, thin mark (c) how light or dark it is (d) how a surface feels
  29. 29.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a long, thin mark (c) a closed flat outline (d) a moving dot’s path
  34. 34.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) form (c) space (d) line
  37. 37.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) form (c) line (d) easel
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called form? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a long, thin mark (c) can be seen all round (d) a flat 2D area
  40. 40.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a closed flat outline
  2. shape
  3. False
  4. 7
  5. True
  6. False
  7. shape
  8. a moving dot’s path
  9. form
  10. line
  11. space
  12. False
  13. False
  14. a hue, like red or blue
  15. a flat 2D area
  16. frame
  17. how light or dark it is
  18. False
  19. texture
  20. value
  21. what a rainbow shows
  22. form
  23. how a surface feels
  24. False
  25. False
  26. line
  27. True
  28. a long, thin mark
  29. True
  30. True
  31. True
  32. False
  33. has height, width, depth
  34. False
  35. space
  36. shape
  37. easel
  38. texture
  39. can be seen all round
  40. False

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