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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 587 · 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 the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a closed flat outline (c) a solid 3D object (d) gaps between things
  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 “a flat 2D area”? (a) shape (b) form (c) value (d) colour
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a closed flat outline (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a long, thin mark
  5. 5.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) line (b) shape (c) value (d) colour
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) shape
  8. 8.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) value (c) line (d) form
  10. 10.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) line (b) shape (c) colour (d) form
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) from white to black (b) has height, width, depth (c) a long, thin mark (d) how a surface feels
  15. 15.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) form (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  16. 16.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) space
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) colour
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) value (c) shape (d) texture
  19. 19.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how a surface feels (b) the area around objects (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) what a rainbow shows
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) space (b) value (c) form (d) line
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) only length and width (c) a long, thin mark (d) a sense of near and far
  23. 23.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) gaps between things (c) a flat 2D area (d) how light or dark it is
  25. 25.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  29. 29.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a closed flat outline (c) only length and width (d) can be seen all round
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) colour

Answer key

  1. a closed flat outline
  2. 7
  3. shape
  4. how light or dark it is
  5. False
  6. line
  7. line
  8. True
  9. easel
  10. True
  11. False
  12. False
  13. shape
  14. how a surface feels
  15. value
  16. texture
  17. texture
  18. value
  19. True
  20. the area around objects
  21. form
  22. only length and width
  23. False
  24. a flat 2D area
  25. False
  26. False
  27. False
  28. frame
  29. False
  30. False
  31. False
  32. False
  33. False
  34. True
  35. False
  36. True
  37. False
  38. False
  39. a long, thin mark
  40. texture

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