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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 877 · 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 “the area around objects”? (a) texture (b) space (c) line (d) shape
  2. 2.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) space (b) form (c) line (d) value
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) value (c) form (d) space
  4. 4.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) shape (c) value (d) line
  5. 5.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) space
  6. 6.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a flat 2D area (c) a closed flat outline (d) looks furry or scaly
  8. 8.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) form (b) line (c) value (d) easel
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) line (d) texture
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) space (b) colour (c) form (d) texture
  12. 12.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) texture (c) frame (d) line
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a solid 3D object (b) what a rainbow shows (c) a flat 2D area (d) gaps between things
  14. 14.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) gaps between things (b) a moving dot’s path (c) how a surface feels (d) only length and width
  16. 16.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) form (d) line
  18. 18.True or false: “how light or dark it is” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) shape (b) value (c) line (d) texture
  20. 20.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a solid 3D object (c) how light or dark it is (d) a hue, like red or blue
  21. 21.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a sense of near and far (b) the area around objects (c) a moving dot’s path (d) how a surface feels
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called value? (a) only length and width (b) a closed flat outline (c) a sense of near and far (d) how light or dark it is
  23. 23.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a flat 2D area (b) what a rainbow shows (c) can be seen all round (d) only length and width
  25. 25.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) texture (b) line (c) colour (d) shape
  27. 27.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) space (b) shape (c) glue (d) colour
  29. 29.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “a solid 3D object” is the element called form. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “can be seen all round” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) space (b) value (c) form (d) colour
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) space (b) value (c) texture (d) form
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “has height, width, depth”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) form (d) space
  38. 38.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) only length and width (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) from white to black (d) how light or dark it is
  39. 39.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) line (b) form (c) shape (d) space

Answer key

  1. space
  2. form
  3. shape
  4. value
  5. texture
  6. True
  7. looks furry or scaly
  8. False
  9. easel
  10. texture
  11. colour
  12. frame
  13. a solid 3D object
  14. False
  15. how a surface feels
  16. 7
  17. line
  18. True
  19. value
  20. a long, thin mark
  21. a moving dot’s path
  22. how light or dark it is
  23. True
  24. can be seen all round
  25. False
  26. texture
  27. False
  28. glue
  29. False
  30. True
  31. False
  32. False
  33. True
  34. True
  35. value
  36. form
  37. form
  38. rough, smooth or bumpy
  39. False
  40. shape

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