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Art practice, Year 1–11
Short questions and lessons for art across the UK curriculum, with explanations for every answer. Free, with an optional game mode.
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Which word describes how a surface feels or looks like it feels?
Options: Texture · Distance · Volume
Answer: Texture
Texture can be rough, smooth, bumpy or appear that way.
What makes a repeating pattern?
Options: A blank page · A motif repeated in an order · Unrelated marks with no order
Answer: A motif repeated in an order
Repeating a motif creates a pattern.
What does tone describe in a drawing?
Options: How loud a sound is · How heavy the paper is · How light or dark an area is
Answer: How light or dark an area is
Tone describes light and dark values.
What makes useful feedback on artwork?
Options: Only saying 'good' · A specific observation and a possible next step · Changing someone else's work without asking
Answer: A specific observation and a possible next step
Specific feedback helps an artist decide what to try next.
What do converging lines help suggest?
Options: Sound and rhythm · Temperature · Depth and distance
Answer: Depth and distance
Perspective uses visual cues such as converging lines to suggest space.
What is a strong way to discuss an artist's work?
Options: Guess the artist's thoughts as fact · List colours without context · Describe a feature and explain its effect
Answer: Describe a feature and explain its effect
Visual analysis supports observations with reasoning.
How should you evaluate your own outcome?
Options: Say it is perfect without reasons · Compare only its price · Refer to intentions, evidence and possible refinements
Answer: Refer to intentions, evidence and possible refinements
Evaluation connects the outcome to aims and evidence.
What is a useful refinement?
Options: A change made only to fill space · A purposeful change tested against the intention · A decision never reviewed
Answer: A purposeful change tested against the intention
Refinement is deliberate development informed by reflection.
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