Starter quiz
- Which images show curved lines?
What art material is this?- paint
- chalk pastel ✓
- paper
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- Which image shows the technique of stippling?
- Chalk pastels can be black and white or colourful.
- True ✓
- False
Exit quiz
- Which of these is a description of printing?
- a soft and powdery art material
- floating inks or pigments on water, then transferring this onto paper
- a way of making a copy of something ✓
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- Which of these would you use to make a planet look lighter or darker?
- a curve
- tone ✓
- shape
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- Layering chalk can create a range of ______ colours.
- bright
- dark
- soft ✓
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- What equipment is not needed to create a chalk pastel print?
- chalk
- pencil ✓
- tray
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Key learning points
- Printing in art means to make a copy of something.
- Marbling is a form of printing, as artists make a copy of the inks or pigment floating in the water.
- Historians are unsure where marbling originated, although it is thought either Japan or Persia are most likely.
Common misconception
Marbling was invented in Britain.
Art historians are not exactly sure where marbling was invented, but it was certainly popular in places such as Japan a long time before it was brought to Britain.
Keywords
Print - a way of making a copy of something
Marbling - floating inks or pigments on water, then transferring this onto paper
Chalk pastel - a soft and powdery art material
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