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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 859 · 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 NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) line (d) frame
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) value (b) shape (c) space (d) form
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) shape (c) line (d) value
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) from white to black (b) the area around objects (c) how a surface feels (d) a flat 2D area
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) colour (b) line (c) value (d) form
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) shape (b) space (c) glue (d) colour
  7. 7.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) form (d) space
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how a surface feels (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) the area around objects (d) a flat 2D area
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) space (b) form (c) shape (d) line
  11. 11.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a solid 3D object (c) from white to black (d) how a surface feels
  13. 13.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) value (b) form (c) shape (d) texture
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called value? (a) how light or dark it is (b) a closed flat outline (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a flat 2D area
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called form? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a closed flat outline (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) gaps between things
  16. 16.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called space? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) a long, thin mark (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a sense of near and far
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called line? (a) can be seen all round (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a long, thin mark (d) gaps between things
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) a moving dot’s path (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) a solid 3D object
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called form? (a) can be seen all round (b) a flat 2D area (c) how light or dark it is (d) a hue, like red or blue
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a long, thin mark (c) gaps between things (d) a moving dot’s path
  22. 22.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) the area around objects (b) what a rainbow shows (c) looks furry or scaly (d) a closed flat outline
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) how light or dark it is (c) looks furry or scaly (d) can be seen all round
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called space? (a) how a surface feels (b) from white to black (c) gaps between things (d) a solid 3D object
  26. 26.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a closed flat outline (c) how a surface feels (d) has height, width, depth
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) colour (b) value (c) form (d) space
  28. 28.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called line? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a moving dot’s path (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a hue, like red or blue
  30. 30.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) value
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) texture (b) line (c) value (d) form
  33. 33.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a closed flat outline (c) can be seen all round (d) a solid 3D object
  34. 34.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) space (b) value (c) colour (d) line
  36. 36.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) colour (d) line
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) texture (c) shape (d) colour
  39. 39.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) value (b) form (c) shape (d) texture
  40. 40.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) texture (b) line (c) space (d) value

Answer key

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

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