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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 481 · 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 NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) form (c) easel (d) line
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) texture (c) value (d) shape
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) line (b) form (c) shape (d) value
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) how light or dark it is (d) a sense of near and far
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) line
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called line? (a) only length and width (b) a flat 2D area (c) a moving dot’s path (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a closed flat outline (c) a flat 2D area (d) a moving dot’s path
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) only length and width (c) looks furry or scaly (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  11. 11.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) glue (c) shape (d) colour
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called space? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a flat 2D area (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a sense of near and far
  13. 13.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) texture (c) space (d) value
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a solid 3D object (b) the area around objects (c) looks furry or scaly (d) from white to black
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a sense of near and far (b) how a surface feels (c) gaps between things (d) how light or dark it is
  16. 16.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) frame
  17. 17.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) line (c) form (d) colour
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a solid 3D object (d) can be seen all round
  20. 20.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how a surface feels (b) from white to black (c) a long, thin mark (d) has height, width, depth
  23. 23.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called form? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) how a surface feels (c) a flat 2D area (d) a solid 3D object
  25. 25.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) colour (b) form (c) line (d) shape
  27. 27.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) texture
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) shape (b) value (c) form (d) colour
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a sense of near and far (c) a flat 2D area (d) looks furry or scaly
  32. 32.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a sense of near and far (b) has height, width, depth (c) gaps between things (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  34. 34.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) space (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  36. 36.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) line (d) form
  38. 38.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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