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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 488 · 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) line (b) form (c) value (d) easel
  2. 2.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) from white to black (b) can be seen all round (c) how light or dark it is (d) a closed flat outline
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) value (c) colour (d) form
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a sense of near and far (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) from white to black
  5. 5.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) shape (c) value (d) line
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a flat 2D area (c) how light or dark it is (d) only length and width
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called line? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) from white to black (c) has height, width, depth (d) a long, thin mark
  9. 9.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a closed flat outline (c) a flat 2D area (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) form (b) colour (c) texture (d) value
  12. 12.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) line (b) value (c) shape (d) form
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) line (b) colour (c) space (d) shape
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) shape
  16. 16.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a long, thin mark (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) how light or dark it is
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) form (b) shape (c) texture (d) space
  19. 19.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) glue
  21. 21.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) line (b) shape (c) colour (d) texture
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) a long, thin mark (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a flat 2D area
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) space (b) texture (c) colour (d) shape
  25. 25.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) line (c) form (d) shape
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) colour (b) form (c) value (d) shape
  28. 28.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a solid 3D object (b) only length and width (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) gaps between things
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) colour (b) value (c) line (d) shape
  32. 32.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) a flat 2D area (c) a sense of near and far (d) looks furry or scaly
  34. 34.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) shape
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a sense of near and far (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a moving dot’s path (d) from white to black
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) line (d) value
  38. 38.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) frame
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a sense of near and far (d) only length and width
  40. 40.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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