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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 502 · 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.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) gaps between things (c) a moving dot’s path (d) can be seen all round
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a solid 3D object (b) what a rainbow shows (c) how a surface feels (d) how light or dark it is
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called space? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) how light or dark it is (c) the area around objects (d) a closed flat outline
  8. 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) colour (c) space (d) glue
  9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) frame (c) texture (d) value
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a long, thin mark (c) gaps between things (d) how light or dark it is
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) colour (c) shape (d) space
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) form (b) space (c) shape (d) value
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) only length and width (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) the area around objects (d) a moving dot’s path
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a flat 2D area (b) gaps between things (c) looks furry or scaly (d) what a rainbow shows
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) form (b) colour (c) space (d) value
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) has height, width, depth (c) looks furry or scaly (d) from white to black
  17. 17.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) value (b) space (c) texture (d) colour
  19. 19.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) line
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) value (b) form (c) space (d) line
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called line? (a) can be seen all round (b) only length and width (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a moving dot’s path
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) form (c) line (d) colour
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a sense of near and far (d) the area around objects
  25. 25.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) texture
  29. 29.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) form (d) value
  32. 32.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) how a surface feels (b) a solid 3D object (c) from white to black (d) a flat 2D area
  34. 34.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) colour (b) value (c) space (d) texture
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) space (b) colour (c) shape (d) texture
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a closed flat outline
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) shape (b) line (c) space (d) value

Answer key

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

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