KS2 Painting | What Techniques and Processes can be Used

Art and Design Quiz - Painting (Questions)

This quiz addresses the requirements of the National Curriculum KS2 in Art and Design for children aged 7 to 11 in years 3 to 6. Specifically this quiz is aimed at the section dealing with understanding processes and techniques, and it focusses on painting skills.

Children will have learnt a variety of techniques and processes in KS1, one of the most common being painting. There are many different kinds of paint and each one gives a different finish or effect. KS2 children may experiment with different techniques, such as the strengths and thickness of paint, to give a desired effect to their work.

Brush up your painting skills by taking this quiz on some of the processes involved in painting.

What do we call a watery layering of paint used as a background?

[ ]	A wipe
[ ]	A clean
[ ]	A scrub
[ ]	A wash

What is the technique in which small dots of colour are used to make an image?

[ ]	Dottiness
[ ]	Pointillism
[ ]	Dabbing
[ ]	Speckling

What do we call a painting which is painted directly onto wet plaster?

[ ]	A fiasco
[ ]	A frasco
[ ]	A frisco
[ ]	A fresco

Jackson Pollock painted many of his works by throwing paint at a large canvas. What was this known as?

[ ]	Vigorous Painting
[ ]	Action Painting
[ ]	Messy Painting
[ ]	Moving Painting

Not all painting is done with brushes. What else can be used?

[ ]	Fingers
[ ]	Cameras
[ ]	Washing machines
[ ]	Printers

Some paintings use realistic images to create the optical illusion that the objects are three dimensional. What is this called?

[ ]	Tip of Well
[ ]	Trowel and wheel
[ ]	Triumph of oil
[ ]	Trompe-l'œil

Some artists use small, air-operated tools which spray various media including ink and dye, but most often paint. What are they called?

[ ]	Breeze brushes
[ ]	Wind painters
[ ]	Oxygen painters
[ ]	Airbrushes

Which word describes the gradual blending of one colour hue to another, usually moving tints and shades from light to dark?

[ ]	Umbro
[ ]	Ombré
[ ]	Hambel
[ ]	Timbre

A verdaille is a painting done mainly or entirely in which colour?

[ ]	Blue
[ ]	Yellow
[ ]	Red
[ ]	Green

10.

Which of the following is not a paint colour?

[ ]	Ochre
[ ]	Cerulean
[ ]	Velvet
[ ]	Magenta

Art and Design Quiz - Painting (Answers)

What do we call a watery layering of paint used as a background?

[ ]	A wipe
[ ]	A clean
[ ]	A scrub
[x]	A wash

A wash is good for a sky or a background, with other detail painted on afterwards

What is the technique in which small dots of colour are used to make an image?

[ ]	Dottiness
[x]	Pointillism
[ ]	Dabbing
[ ]	Speckling

Famous Pointillists include Georges Seurat and Paul Signac

What do we call a painting which is painted directly onto wet plaster?

[ ]	A fiasco
[ ]	A frasco
[ ]	A frisco
[x]	A fresco

Many ancient frescos were painted in churches and cathedrals

Jackson Pollock painted many of his works by throwing paint at a large canvas. What was this known as?

[ ]	Vigorous Painting
[x]	Action Painting
[ ]	Messy Painting
[ ]	Moving Painting

His work was vibrant and full of colour

Not all painting is done with brushes. What else can be used?

[x]	Fingers
[ ]	Cameras
[ ]	Washing machines
[ ]	Printers

Young children like to finger paint, but it is also taught as a recognised skill!

Some paintings use realistic images to create the optical illusion that the objects are three dimensional. What is this called?

[ ]	Tip of Well
[ ]	Trowel and wheel
[ ]	Triumph of oil
[x]	Trompe-l'œil

The words are French for 'deceive the eye' and some are exceptionally good

Some artists use small, air-operated tools which spray various media including ink and dye, but most often paint. What are they called?

[ ]	Breeze brushes
[ ]	Wind painters
[ ]	Oxygen painters
[x]	Airbrushes

Airbrushes can give a flat, uniform finish to a large area

Which word describes the gradual blending of one colour hue to another, usually moving tints and shades from light to dark?

[ ]	Umbro
[x]	Ombré
[ ]	Hambel
[ ]	Timbre

Ombré painting makes for an interesting and dramatic background to a piece

A verdaille is a painting done mainly or entirely in which colour?

[ ]	Blue
[ ]	Yellow
[ ]	Red
[x]	Green

Verdaille began with in 12th century stained glass made for Cistercian monasteries

10.

Which of the following is not a paint colour?

[ ]	Ochre
[ ]	Cerulean
[x]	Velvet
[ ]	Magenta

Ochre is a yellow, cerulean is blue and magenta is a pinky-red