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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 470 · 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) texture (b) form (c) shape (d) space
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) shape (b) space (c) line (d) texture
  4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) frame
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) line (b) form (c) texture (d) colour
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) shape
  7. 7.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) space (c) line (d) value
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) value
  12. 12.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a long, thin mark (c) a closed flat outline (d) a solid 3D object
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) the area around objects (d) a flat 2D area
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a closed flat outline (b) how light or dark it is (c) has height, width, depth (d) only length and width
  17. 17.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) glue (c) shape (d) colour
  18. 18.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) value (d) form
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a sense of near and far (c) a solid 3D object (d) a moving dot’s path
  22. 22.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) space (b) form (c) line (d) texture
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) how light or dark it is (c) the area around objects (d) a hue, like red or blue
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called line? (a) gaps between things (b) how a surface feels (c) a long, thin mark (d) a solid 3D object
  26. 26.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a flat 2D area (c) a moving dot’s path (d) from white to black
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) gaps between things (b) what a rainbow shows (c) only length and width (d) a sense of near and far
  30. 30.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) value (b) space (c) line (d) colour
  33. 33.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) form (b) value (c) shape (d) space
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) a closed flat outline (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a solid 3D object
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) line (d) space
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) colour (b) value (c) line (d) shape
  38. 38.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) value (b) space (c) shape (d) form
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) texture (b) value (c) space (d) form

Answer key

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

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