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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 652 · 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 “only length and width”? (a) form (b) value (c) shape (d) colour
  2. 2.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a solid 3D object (b) can be seen all round (c) a long, thin mark (d) a hue, like red or blue
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) line (c) form (d) value
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) space (b) colour (c) value (d) texture
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) texture (b) frame (c) value (d) line
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how a surface feels (b) gaps between things (c) from white to black (d) what a rainbow shows
  8. 8.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) the area around objects (b) a flat 2D area (c) how a surface feels (d) a long, thin mark
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a flat 2D area (b) the area around objects (c) gaps between things (d) a hue, like red or blue
  11. 11.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a solid 3D object (d) how light or dark it is
  13. 13.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) form (b) shape (c) line (d) colour
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) a moving dot’s path (c) a solid 3D object (d) looks furry or scaly
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) the area around objects (c) a solid 3D object (d) rough, smooth or bumpy
  19. 19.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) colour (c) shape (d) space
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) shape (c) line (d) space
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  22. 22.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a closed flat outline (b) gaps between things (c) can be seen all round (d) has height, width, depth
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) gaps between things (b) a moving dot’s path (c) only length and width (d) looks furry or scaly
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a closed flat outline (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a long, thin mark
  26. 26.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) form (c) value (d) line
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a sense of near and far (b) how light or dark it is (c) has height, width, depth (d) a moving dot’s path
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) shape (c) value (d) line
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) colour (c) shape (d) texture
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) line (b) space (c) texture (d) colour
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a solid 3D object (b) how light or dark it is (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a sense of near and far
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) texture (b) colour (c) space (d) shape
  33. 33.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) space (c) value (d) texture
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called line? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) what a rainbow shows (c) how light or dark it is (d) a moving dot’s path
  35. 35.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) colour (b) line (c) form (d) shape
  37. 37.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called space? (a) only length and width (b) a solid 3D object (c) looks furry or scaly (d) the area around objects
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) value (b) space (c) form (d) line

Answer key

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

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