Lesson T2.1.1

T2.1.1 Using a range of techniques and media Quiz: KS3 Art & Design, Unit 2

20 questions

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Lesson T2.1.1, Using a range of techniques and media: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Art & Design (National Curriculum), Unit 2: Techniques, media and materials, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. Which drawing material is made by burning wood to leave soft, dark marks?

    • Charcoal, which makes soft, dark marks that are easy to blend with the fingers
    • Clay slip, which is a liquid clay used to join pieces together before firing
    • Oil pastel, which is made from pigment and oil and is used for bold colour work
    • Gouache, which is an opaque water-based paint used for flat areas of colour

  2. Which pencil grade is softer and gives the darkest marks?

    • HB, which is a middle grade used for general writing and light sketching
    • 2H, which is a hard grade that gives light marks and is hard to erase
    • 9H, which is the hardest grade and leaves very faint marks on the paper
    • 6B, which is the softest grade listed here and makes the darkest marks

  3. What is a relief print?

    • A print made by drawing directly onto a computer screen with a digital pen
    • A print made from a flat sheet where every area takes the ink equally well
    • A print made by pressing a photograph onto a wet canvas stretched on a frame
    • A print made from a block where the raised areas take the ink and print

  4. What is collage?

    • Art made by painting thin layers of transparent glaze over a fired clay pot
    • Art made by sticking cut or torn materials onto a surface to build an image
    • Art made by weaving threads on a loom to form a fabric with a pattern
    • Art made by carving a shape out of one large block of solid stone or wood

  5. Which technique builds up tone using many small dots?

    • Stippling, where the denser the dots placed together the darker the area
    • Hatching, where a set of parallel lines is drawn close together on the paper
    • Glazing, where thin transparent layers of paint are applied over dry paint
    • Coiling, where long ropes of soft clay are stacked to build up a pot shape

  6. What is hatching in drawing?

    • Building colour by layering thin transparent washes of paint on wet paper
    • Building tone with a set of parallel lines drawn close together on the surface
    • Building a shape by pressing soft wet clay into a plaster mould in the studio
    • Building tone by blending a soft pencil with a finger until the marks are smooth

  7. What is the main effect of cross-hatching?

    • The drawing is printed onto fabric so that the lines can be washed out later
    • Lighter tones are made by removing marks with an eraser over the drawn lines
    • Darker tones are made by layering lines that cross over each other at angles
    • The drawing becomes transparent so that the paper shows through the marks

  8. Which primary colours are used in pigment mixing?

    • Red, green and blue, which are the three colours used on computer screens
    • Red, yellow and blue, which can be mixed to make most other colours
    • Black, white and grey, which are the three neutral tones of a standard palette
    • Orange, green and purple, which are the three colours made by mixing primaries

  9. What are the secondary colours in pigment mixing?

    • Orange, green and purple, which are each made by mixing two primaries
    • Red, yellow and blue, which are the three colours that cannot be mixed
    • Pink, brown and cream, which are the three colours found on skin and wood
    • Black, white and grey, which are the three neutral colours of the palette

  10. Which pair of colours is complementary on the colour wheel?

    • Blue and purple, which sit next to each other on the colour wheel
    • Red and orange, which sit next to each other on the colour wheel
    • Yellow and orange, which sit next to each other on the colour wheel
    • Red and green, which sit directly opposite each other on the colour wheel

  11. What does adding white to a colour make?

    • A tone, which is a colour made duller by adding grey to it
    • A shade, which is a colour made darker by adding black to it
    • A hue, which is the name of the pure colour before any mixing
    • A tint, which is a colour made lighter by adding white to it

  12. What does adding black to a colour make?

    • A tint, which is a colour made lighter by adding white to it
    • A complement, which is a colour found directly opposite on the colour wheel
    • A primary, which is a basic colour that cannot be made by mixing others
    • A shade, which is a colour made darker by adding black to it

  13. What is a tone in colour terms?

    • A colour that is always found in nature and is never mixed by the artist
    • A colour that appears only in printed photographs and never in paintings
    • A colour made lighter or darker by adding grey, so it is neither pure nor a tint
    • A colour made lighter only by adding white, with nothing else added to it

  14. Which technique is used when a painter applies thin paint over a dried layer?

    • Impasto, where paint is applied so thickly that the brush marks stand out
    • Relief printing, where raised areas of a block are inked and pressed to paper
    • Coiling, where soft clay is built up in rolled ropes to form a hollow pot
    • Glazing, where thin transparent layers change the colour of the layer below

  15. What is a drawing exercise that keeps the pencil on the paper without lifting it?

    • Stippling drawing, which builds tone with a large number of small dots
    • Continuous line drawing, which records the outline of a subject in one stroke
    • Relief drawing, which records the raised surface of a block in printed ink
    • Impasto drawing, which builds up thick paint to show the texture of a surface

  16. What is the effect of pressing harder with a pencil?

    • The mark becomes transparent so that the paper underneath shows through it
    • The mark becomes darker and is harder to erase completely from the paper
    • The mark becomes lighter and disappears as soon as it touches the paper
    • The mark becomes shiny and reflects the light of the room back to the eye

  17. Which technique scratches through a top layer to reveal a colour beneath?

    • Stippling, where a large number of small dots are placed to build up tone
    • Sgraffito, where a top layer is scratched away to show the colour underneath
    • Hatching, where a set of parallel lines is drawn close together on the page
    • Glazing, where thin transparent layers of paint are applied over dry paint

  18. What is a perspective drawing that uses one vanishing point?

    • Relief perspective, where depth is shown by raised areas of printed ink
    • Stippled perspective, where depth is built up using many small dots of tone
    • One-point perspective, where all receding lines meet at a single point
    • Two-point perspective, where receding lines meet at two points on the horizon

  19. Which material is commonly used to make a mould for shaping clay?

    • Oil pastel, which is a crayon-like material that is used for colour drawing
    • Plaster of Paris, which sets hard and can be used to cast or press clay
    • Charcoal, which is a soft burnt wood that makes dark marks on paper
    • Tissue paper, which is a thin soft paper often used for wrapping objects

  20. Which tool is used to carve the lines in a lino block?

    • A lino cutter, which carves away the areas that will stay white in the print
    • A glue stick, which joins paper shapes together in a collage or montage
    • A pencil sharpener, which keeps the point of a graphite pencil neat and fine
    • A paint brush, which applies liquid paint to a flat surface in even strokes

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