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The Language of Art

Learn the language of art, line, shape, colour, tone, pattern, and texture, so you can describe artworks clearly and make smarter choices in your own drawings and paintings.

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Fascinating Fact:

Texture can be real, meaning you can feel it, or visual, meaning it looks textured. Artists can create texture with marks, patterns, and materials.

In KS2 Art and Design, the language of art helps you explain what you can see and why it works. You learn how artists use visual elements to show movement, mood, and focus, and you practise using these ideas in your own artwork.

Key Terms

Line: A mark that can be thick, thin, straight, or curved, used to outline shapes, show direction, or add detail.
Tone: How light or dark something is, which can help show form, shadows, and where the light is coming from.
Composition: The way parts of an artwork are arranged, including what is placed where, and what your eye notices first.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

What are the elements of art in KS2?

In KS2, the elements of art are the building blocks artists use, such as line, shape, colour, tone, pattern, texture, and space, to create and describe artwork.

What does tone mean in art for children?

Tone means how light or dark an area is. Artists use tone to make drawings look more realistic, show shadows, and help objects look three-dimensional.

How do artists use composition to guide your eyes?

Artists use composition by placing important shapes or colours where they stand out, repeating patterns, and leaving space, so your eyes move around the picture in a planned way.

Try These Related Quizzes

1 .

To create darker areas in a piece, an artist may use pencils or charcoal to do what?

Outline

Shade

Erase

Undo

Shading can help objects appear more realistic and three-dimensional

2 .

What could be created with a printing block which is used over and over again?

A pretty big mess

A repeating pattern

A lot of hard work

An unusual scene

Repeating patterns can have all sorts of uses, especially when printed onto fabric

3 .

People who make and design clothing or other items made from fabric are said to be what kind of artists?

Understanding

Fake

Material

Textile

Textile art covers fashion design, as well as other areas where fabric is the main material used

4 .

What is the process in which artists decide where elements will go in a piece of work?

Considering the evidence

Considering the rules

Considering the composition

Considering the dreams

Good composition has a pleasing effect on the finished work

5 .

Works of art which are not life-like or realistic are sometimes referred to as what?

Abseil

Absence

Abound

Abstract

Abstract art is always interesting to look at and talk about!

6 .

Artists working mainly in three-dimensional materials are usually called what?

Sculptors

Makers

Movers

Shakers

Sculptors work with lots of different materials - ice, sand, clay, glass, metal and wood are just a few

7 .

There are two ways of describing the orientation of a standard canvas. What are they?

Upside-down and back to front

Sideways and longways

Portrait and landscape

Inside and outside

Portraits are usually painted on canvasses which have the short side at the bottom, while landscapes are usually painted on canvasses which have the long side at the bottom

8 .

Primary, secondary, complementary and contrasting all refer to what?

Colours

Schools

Conversations

Eye tests

Understanding colours and how they can be mixed to create other colours is an important skill for artists

9 .

Before creating artwork, what do most artists make first?

'Phone calls

Cakes

Cabinets

Sketches

Sketches help to form ideas and test techniques to be used in the main piece

10 .

Art is wide and varied and artists use a huge amount of different what?

Different materials

Different glue sticks

Different corners

Different pebbles

Any material you can think of has probably been used in an artwork at some point!

Author: Angela Smith (Primary School Teacher & KS1 Quiz Writer)

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