Explore the shades, textures and colours of a rainforest | Art and design

Starter quiz

When sketching the trees in the rainforest, which shapes could you use to represent the trunk and canopy?

Triangular shapes for trunks, circles for leaves

Rectangular shapes for trunks, oval or circular shapes for leaves ✓

Straight lines for trunks, zigzag for leaves

Square shapes for trunks, curved shapes for leaves
What shape is most commonly used to represent a leaf in a rainforest sketch?

Circular shape

Oval or elongated shapes ✓

Square shape

Triangular shape
What is the main purpose of shading in a drawing?

To create texture and depth ✓

To outline the subject clearly

To add bright colours to the artwork

To fill in the background space
Which of the following are primary colours?

brown ✓

red ✓

purple

blue ✓
Which of the following are secondary colours?
Match the drawing technique with its correct description:

Stippling

⇔

Using small dots to create texture and shading ✓

Zig-Zag

⇔

Using an angular, back-and-forth motion to create texture or shading ✓

Scumbling

⇔

Creating a textured, scribbled effect by making circular, overlapping ✓

What does a 'tint' refer to when mixing colours in art?

Adding black to a colour to make it darker

Adding white to a colour to make it lighter ✓

Adding grey to a colour to make it neutral

is where an artist adds white to create a lighter version of the colour
On which leaf has tone been applied?
True or false: shading often involves using darker colours to show shadows to make a painting look more three-dimensional.

True ✓
False
Using smaller brushes allows __________ to be added to paintings.

collage

words

colour

details ✓

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Mixing colours creates a range of natural colours for a palette.
Blending, sponging and stippling creates different textures.
Tinting involves adding white to a colour to make it lighter, while shading involves adding black to make it darker.
Using smaller brushes allows fine details to be added to a painting.

Pupils may think that mixing in lots of colours makes a better brown.

Overmixing paint can lead to a muddy, unappealing colour, rather than a clean, rich brown.