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Art and Design Quiz - Materials (Questions)

This quiz addresses the requirements of the National Curriculum KS1 in Art and Design for children aged 5, 6 and 7 in years 1 and 2. Specifically this quiz is aimed at the section dealing with understanding processes and techniques, and it focusses on materials.

Children will learn and then practise a variety of different processes and techniques to manipulate materials and media as they progress through KS1. They may be able to experiment with combining different media to see what happens or may apply techniques and processes they have already learnt in order to achieve a particular effect.

Sticking lots of different pieces of card, paper, tissue or material to create a picture or design is called what?

[ ]	Calling
[ ]	Coldness
[ ]	Collect
[ ]	Collage

Pressing paint-covered items onto paper or fabric is known as what?

[ ]	Panting
[ ]	Printing
[ ]	Pulling
[ ]	Pushing

If you wanted to make a 3 dimensional container, what material might you use?

[ ]	Clay
[ ]	Oil pastels
[ ]	Watercolours
[ ]	A pencil and paper

Materials usually fall into one of two categories. What are they?

[ ]	Natural and man-made
[ ]	Hot and cold
[ ]	Tall and short
[ ]	Soft and hard

To create a wax resist, what two materials might you use?

[ ]	Glue and sandpaper
[ ]	Wax crayons and watercolours
[ ]	Clay and art straws
[ ]	Sequins and glitter

What materials might you use to make a sketch?

[ ]	Clay and water
[ ]	Pipe cleaners and staples
[ ]	Tissue paper and glue
[ ]	Pencils and paper

Which of the following materials is the easiest to smudge?

[ ]	Hard pencils
[ ]	Charcoal
[ ]	Wax crayons
[ ]	Marker pens

When an artist uses two or more materials in one piece, it is called what?

[ ]	Multiple art
[ ]	A mess
[ ]	Mixed media
[ ]	A lot to tidy up

If you wanted to add detail to a painting by adding felt tip pen lines, what might you do first?

[ ]	Ask a teacher
[ ]	Let the paint dry
[ ]	Turn the paper over
[ ]	Press down very hard

10.

What materials might you use to make a rubbing?

[ ]	Paint and a paint brush
[ ]	The side of a crayon and some paper
[ ]	Oil and water
[ ]	A rubber and some white glue

You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize – Art and Design

Art and Design Quiz - Materials (Answers)

Sticking lots of different pieces of card, paper, tissue or material to create a picture or design is called what?

[ ]	Calling
[ ]	Coldness
[ ]	Collect
[x]	Collage

Even natural materials like twigs and leaves can be used in a collage

Pressing paint-covered items onto paper or fabric is known as what?

[ ]	Panting
[x]	Printing
[ ]	Pulling
[ ]	Pushing

You can use all sorts of different things to print with!

If you wanted to make a 3 dimensional container, what material might you use?

[x]	Clay
[ ]	Oil pastels
[ ]	Watercolours
[ ]	A pencil and paper

3 dimensional means a solid object that you can hold

Materials usually fall into one of two categories. What are they?

[x]	Natural and man-made
[ ]	Hot and cold
[ ]	Tall and short
[ ]	Soft and hard

Lots of artists use natural materials in their art

To create a wax resist, what two materials might you use?

[ ]	Glue and sandpaper
[x]	Wax crayons and watercolours
[ ]	Clay and art straws
[ ]	Sequins and glitter

The watery paint washes over the crayons and gives an interesting effect

What materials might you use to make a sketch?

[ ]	Clay and water
[ ]	Pipe cleaners and staples
[ ]	Tissue paper and glue
[x]	Pencils and paper

A quick sketch can be a good way of deciding how a finished piece might look

Which of the following materials is the easiest to smudge?

[ ]	Hard pencils
[x]	Charcoal
[ ]	Wax crayons
[ ]	Marker pens

Smudging charcoal can give a softening effect for details like shadows

When an artist uses two or more materials in one piece, it is called what?

[ ]	Multiple art
[ ]	A mess
[x]	Mixed media
[ ]	A lot to tidy up

Mixing different media together can give interesting effects

If you wanted to add detail to a painting by adding felt tip pen lines, what might you do first?

[ ]	Ask a teacher
[x]	Let the paint dry
[ ]	Turn the paper over
[ ]	Press down very hard

Adding details to a painting is a good idea, but better to be done when the paint is dry

10.

What materials might you use to make a rubbing?

[ ]	Paint and a paint brush
[x]	The side of a crayon and some paper
[ ]	Oil and water
[ ]	A rubber and some white glue

Rubbings are very easy to do and look really effective