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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 421 · 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.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) form (b) line (c) shape (d) space
  3. 3.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) frame (c) texture (d) value
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) line (b) space (c) shape (d) form
  6. 6.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) space (c) texture (d) value
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) form (b) value (c) shape (d) line
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) only length and width (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a solid 3D object (d) a long, thin mark
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a sense of near and far (b) the area around objects (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a flat 2D area
  10. 10.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called form? (a) how a surface feels (b) gaps between things (c) can be seen all round (d) a moving dot’s path
  12. 12.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) easel
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a closed flat outline (d) a moving dot’s path
  14. 14.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a flat 2D area (b) only length and width (c) how light or dark it is (d) looks furry or scaly
  16. 16.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) space (c) glue (d) shape
  18. 18.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called space? (a) can be seen all round (b) from white to black (c) has height, width, depth (d) the area around objects
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) shape (c) line (d) texture
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) value (b) form (c) shape (d) line
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a solid 3D object (c) looks furry or scaly (d) gaps between things
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) form
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) a flat 2D area (c) a solid 3D object (d) a moving dot’s path
  26. 26.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) form
  29. 29.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a flat 2D area (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) can be seen all round (d) gaps between things
  31. 31.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) colour (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) texture (b) value (c) colour (d) form
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) form (b) shape (c) line (d) space
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) texture (c) colour (d) line
  37. 37.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) looks furry or scaly (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a flat 2D area

Answer key

  1. True
  2. space
  3. 7
  4. frame
  5. shape
  6. texture
  7. line
  8. only length and width
  9. a flat 2D area
  10. True
  11. can be seen all round
  12. easel
  13. a closed flat outline
  14. True
  15. how light or dark it is
  16. False
  17. glue
  18. True
  19. False
  20. the area around objects
  21. value
  22. form
  23. a solid 3D object
  24. colour
  25. from white to black
  26. False
  27. True
  28. value
  29. True
  30. rough, smooth or bumpy
  31. False
  32. False
  33. texture
  34. value
  35. space
  36. line
  37. False
  38. True
  39. False
  40. looks furry or scaly

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