KS2 Artistic Techniques | What Different Effects are Created

Art and Design Quiz - Techniques (Questions)

Learn how artists use different techniques to create effects. Explore tools, materials, and methods, then choose the best approach for the look you want in your own artwork.

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Fascinating Fact:

Painting techniques include using thin washes or thicker layers. Watercolour often looks best in light layers, while thicker paint can show brush marks.

In KS2 Art and Design, learning techniques helps you make choices about materials and processes. You can test methods, improve control, and explain why a technique suits your idea.

Key Terms

Technique: A way of working with materials, such as printing, shading, or blending, to create a specific effect.
Tool: Something you use to make art, like a brush, sponge, pencil, or palette knife.
Medium: The material you work with, such as paint, charcoal, pencil, or collage papers.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

What does technique mean in KS2 art?

In KS2 art, a technique is a method an artist uses to make marks or effects. Examples include blending colours, cross-hatching with pencil, or building a collage from layers.

What are some easy art techniques for KS2?

Easy KS2 techniques include shading from light to dark, blending with a finger or tissue, printing with objects like leaves, and making texture with dots, lines, or repeated patterns.

How do I choose the right art technique for a project?

Choose a technique by thinking about your goal, such as smooth colour, strong texture, or clear outlines. Test a few options, then pick the one that matches your idea best.

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Layering paint onto a wet surface to colour a large area is known as what?

[ ]	A wash
[ ]	A wipe
[ ]	A scrub
[ ]	A swipe

Using a short-bristled brush to dab or pat paint onto a surface is known as what?

[ ]	Strapping
[ ]	Stappling
[ ]	Stippling
[ ]	Stuttering

Combining two or more colours to create a new one is known as what?

[ ]	Colour mashing
[ ]	Drawing colours
[ ]	Daubing colour
[ ]	Colour mixing

Repeatedly pressing an inked block or raised design onto canvas, paper or fabric is called what?

[ ]	Paint-making
[ ]	Pant-making
[ ]	Print-making
[ ]	Point-making

Vanishing point, horizon and distance are all words associated with which technique?

[ ]	Printing
[ ]	Doodling
[ ]	Sculpture
[ ]	Perspective

Gathering a variety of materials and fixing them down together onto a canvas is known as what?

[ ]	Collating
[ ]	Foraging
[ ]	Collecting
[ ]	Collaging

Applying wax to fabric and then dying is a technique known as what?

[ ]	Batty
[ ]	Batik
[ ]	Butty
[ ]	Bitty

Dripping coloured oil-based paint onto water and then laying paper down on top is a technique known as what?

[ ]	Mumbling
[ ]	Marbling
[ ]	Murmuring
[ ]	Messing

Using only one colour or shades of one colour in a piece of art is a technique known as what?

[ ]	Manic
[ ]	Munchkin
[ ]	Mantaray
[ ]	Monochrome

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Drawing lines first in one direction and then another to create darker areas is called what?

[ ]	Crassness
[ ]	Criss-cross
[ ]	Cross-hatching
[ ]	Crunchiness

Art and Design Quiz - Techniques (Answers)

Layering paint onto a wet surface to colour a large area is known as what?

[x]	A wash
[ ]	A wipe
[ ]	A scrub
[ ]	A swipe

Washes are used for many reasons, most often as a background

Using a short-bristled brush to dab or pat paint onto a surface is known as what?

[ ]	Strapping
[ ]	Stappling
[x]	Stippling
[ ]	Stuttering

Stippling makes small dots which can be built up to create an effect

Combining two or more colours to create a new one is known as what?

[ ]	Colour mashing
[ ]	Drawing colours
[ ]	Daubing colour
[x]	Colour mixing

Only the primary colours, red, blue and yellow, cannot be mixed from any others

Repeatedly pressing an inked block or raised design onto canvas, paper or fabric is called what?

[ ]	Paint-making
[ ]	Pant-making
[x]	Print-making
[ ]	Point-making

Printing can be done in lots of different ways and usually creates a repeating pattern

Vanishing point, horizon and distance are all words associated with which technique?

[ ]	Printing
[ ]	Doodling
[ ]	Sculpture
[x]	Perspective

Good perspective helps drawings and paintings look realistic, as things appear the right size and proportion

Gathering a variety of materials and fixing them down together onto a canvas is known as what?

[ ]	Collating
[ ]	Foraging
[ ]	Collecting
[x]	Collaging

Collages can be made from almost anything, natural or man-made

Applying wax to fabric and then dying is a technique known as what?

[ ]	Batty
[x]	Batik
[ ]	Butty
[ ]	Bitty

Batik is a simple process which can create astounding results

Dripping coloured oil-based paint onto water and then laying paper down on top is a technique known as what?

[ ]	Mumbling
[x]	Marbling
[ ]	Murmuring
[ ]	Messing

This technique gives a beautiful marbled finish and works best with only two or three complementary colours