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When mixing paints it's a good idea to make a note of the quantities used.

Experimentation

Artists improve faster when they test ideas on purpose. Explore how experimenting with materials and methods helps you discover new effects, refine choices, and build confident creative decisions.

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Fascinating Fact:

Changing one variable at a time, like brush type or paper texture, makes it easier to understand the result. This is similar to fair testing in science.

In KS3 Art and Design, experimentation means trying materials, tools, and processes to learn what they do. By exploring techniques and recording results, you can develop ideas, solve problems, and improve your final artwork.

Key Terms

  • Experimentation: Testing materials or techniques in different ways to see what effects they create and what works best for your idea.
  • Media: The materials used to make art, such as pencil, ink, paint, collage papers, or digital tools.
  • Outcome: The result you get from a process or technique, which you can evaluate and use to improve your next attempt.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

What does experimentation mean in KS3 Art and Design?

In KS3 Art and Design, experimentation means trying different materials, tools, and methods to see what effects they create. It helps you develop ideas and choose techniques that suit your artwork.

How do you record experiments in an art sketchbook for KS3?

You can record experiments by adding small samples, notes about materials and steps, and quick evaluations of what worked well. Labelling tools and colours makes it easier to repeat successful results.

Why is it useful to change one thing at a time when experimenting in art?

Changing one thing at a time helps you see what caused the effect, such as a different brush, pressure, or paper. It makes your results clearer, so you can improve choices for the final piece.

Try These Related Quizzes

1 .
Which of the following combinations could you try to achieve a speckled effect?
Crayons and felt tips
Pencils and masking tape
Acrylic paint and card
Watercolour paint and sea salt
Throwing the salt across wet paint will soak up paint in small areas, creating a speckled effect
2 .
How could you change the thickness and density of dry materials such as pencils and charcoal?
By using smaller pieces
By changing the quality of the paper used
By laying down a wash first
By adjusting movements and pressure
Changing the movement of hand, wrist, elbow and arm and increasing and decreasing pressure will all affect the lines made
3 .
What is the name for a piece of artwork which uses more than one medium?
Muddled media
Mixed media
Messed media
Mashed media
Mixed media has always been popular amongst artists and some of the results are incredible
4 .
When experimenting with a variety of elements and media for a project, some artists collect inspirations and ideas on what?
On a mood board
On an emotion block
On a feeling slab
On a senses plate
Mood boards are used by artists and designers to collate ideas, experiments and thoughts for a project
5 .
When experimenting with colour mixing, what should you always try to do?
Use a smaller palette
Stick to two colours only
Use very fine brushes
Keep accurate notes of the quantities of each colour used
Notes will help you mix the same colours in future, without having to start the experimentations all over again!
6 .
How might an artist organise an experimenting session?
By taking a photograph of all the materials they intend to use
With labelled swatches ordered in a sketchbook
By reading a book on experimentation
By writing down what they think about experiments
It's useful to note which combinations of media were used, especially if the outcomes might need to be repeated in the future
7 .
Colour, line, shape, form, space, value and texture are all known as what?
Shorter words about art
The elements of art
Names of different media
Paperwork and forms about art
Experimenting with any of these elements in artwork can change the whole look of a piece
8 .
When making rubbings, what could change the outcome?
Making two rubbings in the same place
Using different media and paper thickness
Using the same wax crayon each time
Taping down the paper first
Some media will give crisper rubbings than others. Paper thickness will also affect the finished rubbing
9 .
Why is it important to experiment with different media when creating art?
Because you never know what might happen
Because the results could be really interesting
Because the best ideas sometimes happen by accident
All of the above
Putting different media together, or using a familiar medium in a new way, could result in finishes and effects which take your project in a new direction
10 .
What sort of medium would resist a watercolour wash?
Wax crayons or candles
Pencils
Charcoal
Marker pens
The watercolour paint cannot 'sit' on top of the wax and is instead 'resisted'
Author:  Angela Smith (Primary School Teacher & KS1 Quiz Writer)
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