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Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 999 · 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 closed flat outline”? (a) shape (b) colour (c) value (d) line
  2. 2.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a solid 3D object (b) a long, thin mark (c) from white to black (d) the area around objects
  3. 3.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) colour (c) shape (d) space
  4. 4.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) the area around objects (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) has height, width, depth (d) only length and width
  5. 5.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) value (b) line (c) texture (d) space
  6. 6.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) texture (b) value (c) line (d) space
  7. 7.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) value (c) shape (d) line
  8. 8.🧱 Which element of art is “only length and width”? (a) line (b) texture (c) shape (d) colour
  9. 9.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  10. 10.Which of these is the element called space? (a) can be seen all round (b) how a surface feels (c) how light or dark it is (d) gaps between things
  11. 11.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called value. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called line? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a solid 3D object (c) only length and width (d) from white to black
  13. 13.True or false: “looks furry or scaly” is the element called value. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is the element called line? (a) the area around objects (b) can be seen all round (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a long, thin mark
  15. 15.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) easel (b) value (c) line (d) form
  16. 16.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is the element called form? (a) only length and width (b) a long, thin mark (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) has height, width, depth
  18. 18.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) gaps between things (d) from white to black
  19. 19.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) space (b) line (c) value (d) colour
  20. 20.True or false: “how a surface feels” is the element called texture. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) line (b) value (c) texture (d) frame
  22. 22.True or false: “a moving dot’s path” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) colour (b) form (c) shape (d) texture
  25. 25.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) colour (b) value (c) texture (d) space
  26. 26.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) looks furry or scaly (b) has height, width, depth (c) a long, thin mark (d) a sense of near and far
  28. 28.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) value (b) space (c) texture (d) colour
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) line (c) shape (d) texture
  30. 30.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a flat 2D area (b) can be seen all round (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) how a surface feels
  32. 32.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧱 Which element of art is “a sense of near and far”? (a) value (b) space (c) shape (d) form
  34. 34.True or false: “a hue, like red or blue” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) a long, thin mark (c) a closed flat outline (d) can be seen all round
  36. 36.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) how light or dark it is (c) rough, smooth or bumpy (d) has height, width, depth
  37. 37.True or false: “has height, width, depth” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “a sense of near and far” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a closed flat outline (b) the area around objects (c) how light or dark it is (d) from white to black
  40. 40.True or false: “a closed flat outline” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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