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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 524 · 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 “how a surface feels”? (a) form (b) texture (c) space (d) shape
  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 “what a rainbow shows”? (a) colour (b) value (c) texture (d) space
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) can be seen all round (c) a flat 2D area (d) has height, width, depth
  5. 5.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) line (b) form (c) space (d) shape
  8. 8.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) the area around objects (c) a solid 3D object (d) a closed flat outline
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) texture (b) space (c) shape (d) form
  11. 11.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) a long, thin mark (d) a closed flat outline
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) form (b) texture (c) shape (d) line
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) shape (b) space (c) texture (d) value
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) colour (b) space (c) form (d) texture
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called line? (a) only length and width (b) a moving dot’s path (c) looks furry or scaly (d) what a rainbow shows
  17. 17.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  18. 18.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) gaps between things (b) how light or dark it is (c) a flat 2D area (d) a hue, like red or blue
  20. 20.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) easel
  22. 22.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called space? (a) the area around objects (b) what a rainbow shows (c) has height, width, depth (d) only length and width
  26. 26.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) value (c) shape (d) line
  28. 28.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) what a rainbow shows (c) how a surface feels (d) a long, thin mark
  30. 30.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) frame
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called space? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) what a rainbow shows (d) gaps between things
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) line (b) value (c) shape (d) space
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) only length and width (b) what a rainbow shows (c) can be seen all round (d) the area around objects
  34. 34.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) line (c) form (d) space
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) value (b) form (c) space (d) texture
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) value (b) texture (c) form (d) colour
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a closed flat outline (b) can be seen all round (c) the area around objects (d) looks furry or scaly
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a sense of near and far (b) has height, width, depth (c) a closed flat outline (d) how light or dark it is

Answer key

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

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