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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 730 · 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 closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) form (c) line (d) shape
  2. 2.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) frame
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) line (c) colour (d) value
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) line (b) shape (c) texture (d) value
  5. 5.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) from white to black (c) a flat 2D area (d) gaps between things
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) form (b) value (c) colour (d) line
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called value? (a) from white to black (b) a solid 3D object (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a closed flat outline
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a closed flat outline (b) has height, width, depth (c) a long, thin mark (d) a solid 3D object
  9. 9.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  11. 11.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) texture (b) space (c) form (d) shape
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) line (b) form (c) colour (d) value
  14. 14.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) value (c) texture (d) line
  15. 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) colour (c) shape (d) space
  16. 16.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) texture (b) space (c) form (d) line
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) how a surface feels (b) a moving dot’s path (c) what a rainbow shows (d) only length and width
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a long, thin mark (c) how light or dark it is (d) a flat 2D area
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a closed flat outline (c) can be seen all round (d) a sense of near and far
  22. 22.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) value (d) space
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) space (b) form (c) colour (d) shape
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) line (b) colour (c) texture (d) form
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) shape (c) line (d) texture
  26. 26.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) form (d) value
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) a long, thin mark (c) how a surface feels (d) has height, width, depth
  29. 29.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a flat 2D area (c) from white to black (d) how light or dark it is
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) shape (b) form (c) line (d) space
  32. 32.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a solid 3D object (c) can be seen all round (d) a hue, like red or blue
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) shape (c) line (d) value
  36. 36.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) shape (b) form (c) colour (d) texture
  38. 38.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a flat 2D area (b) how a surface feels (c) a sense of near and far (d) looks furry or scaly

Answer key

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

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