Art · Unit 5

Ways of Making Art

Drawing, painting, collage, printing and building

An overview of the main ways of making an image or an object, so that later units have something to build on.

The unit covers drawing, painting, collage, printing and stamping, and building and modelling in three dimensions.

This unit breaks down into 22 short steps and 131 questions, starting at difficulty 1 and building to 3. Below you can see exactly what it covers, how the path is structured, and worked examples with explanations.

Steps: 22
Questions: 131
Difficulty: 1-3

What this unit covers

Drawing
Painting
Collage
Printing and Stamping
Building and Modelling

Where this fits

Follows Art Materials and Tools. Kinds of Art is the more formal treatment.

Where people slip

Printing reverses the image. Anything with text or a clear left and right has to be cut backwards, which catches out almost everyone the first time.

How the unit is structured

Ways of Making Art runs as 22 short steps that unlock in order. 16 are practice rounds and 6 are challenge rounds that pull together everything before them. Questions start at difficulty 1 and climb to 3 as you progress.

Step 1 · easierStep 22 · harder

Challenge rounds

Example questions

30 real questions from this unit, with the answer and the reason behind it, grouped by what they practise. There are 131 in the unit altogether.

Building and Modelling

Fact or fibLevel 1
1. Playdough is soft and good for modelling shapes with your hands.
Answer: True
Playdough is soft and squishy, so it is easy to model and shape into all kinds of forms.
Multiple choiceLevel 1
2. Which material can you shape with your hands to build a small model?
- Claycorrect
- Water
- Sunlight
- A pencil
Soft clay can be squeezed and shaped by hand, making it perfect for building models.
Choose all that applyLevel 2
3. Which of these can you use to build a 3D model? Pick all that apply.
- Claycorrect
- Cardboard boxescorrect
- Building blockscorrect
- A flat photograph
Clay, boxes and blocks are all solid things you can build up, while a flat photo stays flat.
Fill the blankLevel 2
4. Art you can walk around and see from every side is called ____ art.
- 3Dcorrect
- flat
- 2D
- thin
3D art, like a sculpture, has height, width and depth, so you can view it from all sides.
Guess the numberLevel 2
5. A cube-shaped building block, like a dice, has how many flat sides?
Answer: 6 sides
A cube has 6 flat square sides, which is why dice show numbers on all six faces.
Match the pairsLevel 2
6. Match each building material to a model you could make.
Answer: Clay = A little bowl; Cardboard boxes = A robot; Toothpicks and marshmallows = A tower frame; Recycled bottles = A rocket
Each material suits a different kind of built model.

Collage

Fill the blankLevel 1
7. To make a collage you cut out pieces and then ____ them onto the paper.
- gluecorrect
- melt
- bake
- saw
In a collage you arrange your cut pieces and glue them down onto the background.
Multiple choiceLevel 1
8. How do you make a collage?
- By gluing pieces of paper and other materials onto a surfacecorrect
- By carving a block of wood
- By firing clay in an oven
- By taking a photo with a camera
A collage is made by sticking together pieces of paper, fabric and other bits onto a background.
Build the sentenceLevel 2
9. Build a sentence about making a collage.
Answer: Cut shapes and glue them down
To make a collage you cut out shapes and then glue them down.
Choose all that applyLevel 2
10. Which of these can you use in a collage? Pick all that apply.
- Coloured papercorrect
- Fabric scrapscorrect
- Photos from a magazinecorrect
- Bright sunshine
You can glue down paper, fabric and cut-out photos, but you cannot stick sunshine onto a page.
Fact or fibLevel 2
11. The word collage comes from a French word that means to glue.
Answer: True
Collage comes from the French word 'coller', which means to glue or stick.
Match the pairsLevel 2
12. Match each collage material to what it is good for.
Answer: Old magazines = Cut-out pictures; Fabric scraps = Soft texture; Tissue paper = See-through layers; Dried leaves = Nature collage
Different collage materials each add their own look and texture.

Drawing

Multiple choiceLevel 1
13. What is the most common tool people use to draw?
- A pencilcorrect
- A pair of scissors
- A glue stick
- A stapler
A pencil is the everyday tool most people reach for when they want to draw lines and pictures.
Choose all that applyLevel 2
14. Which of these make a pencil drawing look darker? Pick all that apply.
- Press harder with the pencilcorrect
- Add cross-hatchingcorrect
- Layer more linescorrect
- Rub it with a clean eraser
Pressing harder, cross-hatching and layering lines all darken shading.
Fact or fibLevel 2
15. Charcoal is a material that artists can draw with.
Answer: True
Charcoal is a soft, black burnt-wood stick that makes rich dark lines for drawing.
Fill the blankLevel 2
16. A quick, rough drawing that captures an idea fast is called a ____.
- sketchcorrect
- poster
- collage
- statue
A sketch is a quick, loose drawing artists make to try out an idea before finishing it.
Match the pairsLevel 2
17. Match each drawing tool to what it is made from.
Answer: Pencil = Wood around graphite; Crayon = Coloured wax; Charcoal = Burnt wood stick; Marker = Felt tip with ink
Each drawing tool is made differently: pencils use graphite, crayons use wax, charcoal is burnt wood and markers use ink.
Odd one outLevel 2
18. Which of these is NOT usually a drawing tool?
- Paintbrushcorrect
- Pencil
- Crayon
- Marker
A paintbrush is for painting, while pencils, crayons and markers are all drawing tools.

Painting

Fact or fibLevel 1
19. A canvas is a cloth surface that artists often paint on.
Answer: True
A canvas is a strong woven cloth stretched tight, giving painters a good surface to work on.
Multiple choiceLevel 1
20. What tool do you usually use to put paint onto paper?
- A brushcorrect
- A pencil
- A pair of scissors
- An eraser
A brush holds paint and lets you spread it smoothly across paper or canvas.
Build the sentenceLevel 2
21. Build a sentence about painting.
Answer: We use a brush to spread paint
Painting means using a brush to spread paint across a surface.
Choose all that applyLevel 2
22. Which of these keep your painting colours clean and not muddy? Pick all that apply.
- Rinse the brush between colourscorrect
- Let a layer dry before adding anothercorrect
- Use clean watercorrect
- Mix every colour together
Rinsing, letting layers dry and using clean water keep colours bright.
Fill the blankLevel 2
23. Painters mix and hold their colours on a flat board called a ____.
- palettecorrect
- canvas
- sketch
- ladder
A palette is the flat board an artist uses to hold and mix paint colours.
Match the pairsLevel 2
24. Match each pair of paints to the colour they make when mixed.
Answer: Blue + Yellow = Green; Red + Yellow = Orange; Red + Blue = Purple; Black + White = Grey
Mixing two paints makes a new colour: blue and yellow make green, red and yellow make orange, and red and blue make purple.

Printing and Stamping

Fact or fibLevel 1
25. You need to add ink or paint to a stamp before you press it.
Answer: True
A stamp only leaves a mark if it is coated with ink or paint first.
Multiple choiceLevel 1
26. What does printing in art mean?
- Pressing a shape or picture onto paper to make copiescorrect
- Mixing two colours of paint
- Shaping clay into a pot
- Drawing with a pencil
Printing means pressing an inked or painted shape onto a surface, which lets you make the same picture again and again.
Build the sentenceLevel 2
27. Build a sentence about how a print is made.
Answer: You press an inked block to print
You press an inked block onto paper to leave a printed mark.
Choose all that applyLevel 2
28. Which of these are ways to make a print? Pick all that apply.
- Stamping with a cut potatocorrect
- Rolling ink over a block and pressing papercorrect
- Dabbing paint through a stencilcorrect
- Tearing paper into pieces
Stamping, block printing and stencilling all make prints, but tearing is for collage.
Fill the blankLevel 2
29. Pressing a shape covered in paint onto paper makes a ____.
- printcorrect
- sketch
- sculpture
- canvas
The picture left behind when you press a painted shape onto paper is called a print.
Match the pairsLevel 2
30. Match each printing tool to its job.
Answer: Roller = Spread ink evenly; Stamp = Repeat a shape; Stencil = Paint through a cut hole; Sponge = Dab a soft texture
Each printing tool creates a different kind of mark.

Where these questions come from. Each unit starts as a plan of the concepts it should cover and the difficulty it should span. Questions are written against that plan with AI assistance, then checked by a validator that rejects anything without a single defensible answer, an explanation, or plausible wrong options. How we write questions sets out the whole process, and corrections are fixed in the bank and reach the site and the app the same day.

How you practise

This unit mixes 14 different question formats, so you are recalling and applying rather than recognising the same layout every time.

Build the sentence
Choose all that apply
Fact or fib
Fill the blank
Guess the number
Match the pairs
Multiple choice
Odd one out
Picture question
Put in order
Sort into groups
Spell it
True or false
Type the answer

Practise Ways of Making Art

131 questions across 22 steps. Start with step one and crawl at your own pace.

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