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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 996 · 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 long, thin mark”? (a) value (b) colour (c) line (d) texture
  2. 2.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  4. 4.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  5. 5.🧱 Which element of art is “a solid 3D object”? (a) space (b) form (c) shape (d) line
  6. 6.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) line (c) value (d) form
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) how light or dark it is (c) looks furry or scaly (d) only length and width
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) value (b) line (c) space (d) colour
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called value? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) gaps between things (c) what a rainbow shows (d) from white to black
  10. 10.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) line (d) space
  11. 11.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) colour (c) texture (d) shape
  12. 12.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) how light or dark it is (b) can be seen all round (c) what a rainbow shows (d) only length and width
  16. 16.Which of these is the element called form? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a flat 2D area (c) only length and width (d) a solid 3D object
  17. 17.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) can be seen all round (b) a long, thin mark (c) how a surface feels (d) a closed flat outline
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) space (c) line (d) texture
  21. 21.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a sense of near and far (b) a long, thin mark (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) gaps between things
  24. 24.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) space (c) shape (d) colour
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) can be seen all round (d) gaps between things
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) value (b) colour (c) shape (d) space
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “how light or dark it is”? (a) line (b) value (c) shape (d) texture
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “what a rainbow shows”? (a) texture (b) line (c) shape (d) colour
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) line (b) texture (c) value (d) space
  30. 30.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called form. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) shape (b) line (c) colour (d) space
  32. 32.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a long, thin mark (b) a flat 2D area (c) how light or dark it is (d) can be seen all round
  33. 33.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) value (b) shape (c) texture (d) line
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) shape (b) space (c) colour (d) texture
  37. 37.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) space (b) form (c) colour (d) shape
  38. 38.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a long, thin mark (c) what a rainbow shows (d) how light or dark it is
  40. 40.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) line (b) space (c) value (d) texture

Answer key

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

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