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Art Materials and Pencil Grades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 14: Art materials and pencil grades · Set 289 · 40 questions
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Artist's tip (Right tool, right job): Watercolour = see-through washes; poster colour = bright, opaque, flat colour. Wax crayons = hard and waxy; oil pastels = soft, creamy, blendable. Pencils: H = hard and light, B = soft and dark (black), HB = middle; the bigger the number, the more so (6B darker than 2B).

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  1. 1.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
  2. 2.🖍️ Which paint is best for bright, solid colour on a school chart? (a) charcoal (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
  3. 3.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) pencil (d) poster colour
  4. 4.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) H (b) 4H (c) 6B (d) HB
  5. 5.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) pencil (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) poster colour
  6. 6.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) see-through colour (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) bright, flat colour (d) grey lines for sketching
  7. 7.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
  8. 8.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) see-through colour
  9. 9.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) hard (b) high (c) hot (d) heavy
  10. 10.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) bright, flat colour (c) do not smudge easily (d) hard, waxy sticks
  11. 11.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 4H (b) H (c) 2H (d) 4B
  12. 12.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “light first outlines”? (a) oil pastels (b) watercolour (c) poster colour (d) pencil
  13. 13.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) bright, flat colour (b) grey lines for sketching (c) see-through colour (d) do not smudge easily
  14. 14.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) oil pastels (b) wax crayons (c) pencil (d) watercolour
  15. 15.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) pencil (b) watercolour (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
  16. 16.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
  17. 17.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) HB (b) 4H (c) 4B (d) 6B
  18. 18.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) thick, opaque paint (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) mixed with lots of water
  19. 19.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) thick, opaque paint (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) do not smudge easily
  20. 20.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) poster colour (b) wax crayons (c) oil pastels (d) pencil
  21. 21.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2H (b) B (c) HB (d) 4H
  23. 23.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) oil pastels (b) watercolour (c) poster colour (d) wax crayons
  24. 24.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
  25. 25.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) H (b) HB (c) 4B (d) B
  26. 26.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) poster colour (b) pencil (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
  27. 27.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) thick, opaque paint (c) see-through colour (d) mixed with lots of water
  28. 28.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) watercolour (b) oil pastels (c) poster colour (d) wax crayons
  30. 30.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) oil pastels (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
  33. 33.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) light first outlines (c) do not smudge easily (d) see-through colour
  34. 34.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) bright, flat colour (b) thick, opaque paint (c) light first outlines (d) soft, light washes
  35. 35.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) 2H (b) HB
  38. 38.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
  39. 39.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. hard, light marks
  2. poster colour
  3. watercolour
  4. HB
  5. oil pastels
  6. grey lines for sketching
  7. medium marks
  8. hard, waxy sticks
  9. hard
  10. mixed with lots of water
  11. 4B
  12. pencil
  13. bright, flat colour
  14. watercolour
  15. poster colour
  16. soft, dark marks
  17. 4H
  18. blend with a fingertip
  19. soft, creamy sticks
  20. wax crayons
  21. True
  22. B
  23. watercolour
  24. hard, light marks
  25. H
  26. wax crayons
  27. thick, opaque paint
  28. False
  29. oil pastels
  30. False
  31. True
  32. pencil
  33. see-through colour
  34. light first outlines
  35. False
  36. False
  37. 2H
  38. soft, dark marks
  39. True
  40. False

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