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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 857 · 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) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) form
  2. 2.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) the area around objects (b) a closed flat outline (c) a long, thin mark (d) has height, width, depth
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) space (b) form (c) shape (d) line
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) texture (d) line
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) form (c) shape (d) line
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) shape (b) form (c) space (d) value
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) a solid 3D object (c) can be seen all round (d) a flat 2D area
  9. 9.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  10. 10.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) space (b) shape (c) texture (d) colour
  12. 12.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) frame
  13. 13.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called form? (a) from white to black (b) a flat 2D area (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a solid 3D object
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called value? (a) gaps between things (b) can be seen all round (c) from white to black (d) only length and width
  16. 16.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) colour (b) glue (c) space (d) shape
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) value (b) shape (c) texture (d) form
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) shape
  19. 19.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) space (c) line (d) value
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called value? (a) can be seen all round (b) how light or dark it is (c) a flat 2D area (d) what a rainbow shows
  21. 21.🧱 Which element of art is “a long, thin mark”? (a) shape (b) line (c) form (d) colour
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called line? (a) only length and width (b) looks furry or scaly (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a closed flat outline
  23. 23.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) form (b) space (c) value (d) line
  24. 24.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) texture (b) form (c) value (d) space
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a long, thin mark (b) what a rainbow shows (c) how a surface feels (d) how light or dark it is
  27. 27.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a flat 2D area (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) has height, width, depth (d) a long, thin mark
  30. 30.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) form
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) line (b) colour (c) shape (d) texture
  32. 32.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) the area around objects (b) looks furry or scaly (c) how a surface feels (d) only length and width
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called space? (a) gaps between things (b) only length and width (c) how light or dark it is (d) has height, width, depth
  36. 36.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) texture (b) value (c) shape (d) form
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how a surface feels (b) a moving dot’s path (c) the area around objects (d) how light or dark it is
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) shape (b) line (c) value (d) texture

Answer key

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

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