KS1 Art | Techniques and Processes

Art and Design Quiz - Techniques (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 artistic processes and techniques.

Children will learn and then practise a variety of artistic techniques and processes as they progress through KS1. They will be exposed to many different processes by which art can be created and so learn how to control and manipulate media in order to give a pleasing result or a particular finish.

Producing the right shades and tones of paint for a picture is known as what?

[ ]	Colour messing
[ ]	Colour mixing
[ ]	Colour splattering
[ ]	Colour dabbing

If you printed a design using two or more shapes in a set order, this would be called what?

[ ]	A big confusion
[ ]	A standard print
[ ]	A pretty mess
[ ]	A repeating pattern

What is cross-hatching?

[ ]	A motor sport
[ ]	Lots of lines going in different directions to shade in an area
[ ]	An angry artist
[ ]	A new chick

Using different materials and sticking them all down together is called what?

[ ]	Gluing
[ ]	Random
[ ]	Sticky
[ ]	Collage

Using more than one material in a piece of artwork is called what?

[ ]	Mixed media
[ ]	Selection materials
[ ]	Variety art
[ ]	Choosing

Painting watery paint onto paper or a canvas is known as what?

[ ]	A scrub
[ ]	A bath
[ ]	A wash
[ ]	A clean

Artwork done in ceramics or fashion is also known as what?

[ ]	Unusual art
[ ]	Interesting art
[ ]	Three-dimensional art
[ ]	Captivating art

A lot of artists keep their ideas and inspirations together in what?

[ ]	A special drawer
[ ]	A shoe box
[ ]	A plastic bag
[ ]	A sketchbook

When artists concentrate on the light and dark aspects of their subject, they are looking at what?

[ ]	Colour
[ ]	Tone
[ ]	Lines
[ ]	Size

10.

When the page or canvas has the longest sides at the top and bottom, it is called what?

[ ]	A vista
[ ]	A landscape
[ ]	A scenery
[ ]	A photograph

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Art and Design Quiz - Techniques (Answers)

Producing the right shades and tones of paint for a picture is known as what?

[ ]	Colour messing
[x]	Colour mixing
[ ]	Colour splattering
[ ]	Colour dabbing

All other colours can be mixed from the three primary colours: red, blue and yellow

If you printed a design using two or more shapes in a set order, this would be called what?

[ ]	A big confusion
[ ]	A standard print
[ ]	A pretty mess
[x]	A repeating pattern

Nature and buildings use lots of repeating patterns

What is cross-hatching?

[ ]	A motor sport
[x]	Lots of lines going in different directions to shade in an area
[ ]	An angry artist
[ ]	A new chick

The lines can be built up gradually to make the shading look darker

Using different materials and sticking them all down together is called what?

[ ]	Gluing
[ ]	Random
[ ]	Sticky
[x]	Collage

Collages can be made from just about anything!

Using more than one material in a piece of artwork is called what?

[x]	Mixed media
[ ]	Selection materials
[ ]	Variety art
[ ]	Choosing

Some artists use a wide combination of media to give different finishes to their work

Painting watery paint onto paper or a canvas is known as what?

[ ]	A scrub
[ ]	A bath
[x]	A wash
[ ]	A clean

This technique is often used as a background

Artwork done in ceramics or fashion is also known as what?

[ ]	Unusual art
[ ]	Interesting art
[x]	Three-dimensional art
[ ]	Captivating art

Painting and photography are known as two-dimensional

A lot of artists keep their ideas and inspirations together in what?

[ ]	A special drawer
[ ]	A shoe box
[ ]	A plastic bag
[x]	A sketchbook

Sketchbooks are useful for organising ideas and trying out new techniques

When artists concentrate on the light and dark aspects of their subject, they are looking at what?

[ ]	Colour
[x]	Tone
[ ]	Lines
[ ]	Size

Tonal work focusses on the light and shade used to make subjects appear real

10.

When the page or canvas has the longest sides at the top and bottom, it is called what?

[ ]	A vista
[x]	A landscape
[ ]	A scenery
[ ]	A photograph

Turning the page the other way is called a portrait