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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 874 · 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) space (b) shape (c) colour (d) glue
  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 form? (a) a solid 3D object (b) the area around objects (c) how light or dark it is (d) a hue, like red or blue
  4. 4.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) shape
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) value (b) colour (c) texture (d) space
  8. 8.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) form (c) value (d) easel
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a long, thin mark (b) can be seen all round (c) a flat 2D area (d) from white to black
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called line? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) the area around objects (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a moving dot’s path
  11. 11.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a long, thin mark (c) the area around objects (d) a flat 2D area
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called space? (a) from white to black (b) gaps between things (c) has height, width, depth (d) can be seen all round
  16. 16.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) texture (c) line (d) colour
  19. 19.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a closed flat outline (b) only length and width (c) the area around objects (d) from white to black
  24. 24.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a closed flat outline (b) a flat 2D area (c) only length and width (d) how light or dark it is
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) line (d) form
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) colour (b) form (c) line (d) texture
  28. 28.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a sense of near and far (c) has height, width, depth (d) a closed flat outline
  29. 29.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) has height, width, depth (b) a flat 2D area (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a solid 3D object
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) has height, width, depth (c) a moving dot’s path (d) gaps between things
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) colour (b) line (c) form (d) texture
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) has height, width, depth (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a sense of near and far (d) a closed flat outline
  33. 33.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) form (d) line
  37. 37.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) line (c) value (d) texture
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) has height, width, depth (c) gaps between things (d) what a rainbow shows
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a solid 3D object (b) how light or dark it is (c) a flat 2D area (d) what a rainbow shows
  40. 40.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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