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Art Materials and Pencil Grades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 14: Art materials and pencil grades · Set 346 · 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.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
  3. 3.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
  4. 4.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) pencil (b) oil pastels (c) watercolour (d) wax crayons
  5. 5.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) hard (b) hot (c) heavy (d) high
  9. 9.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
  10. 10.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2H (b) 2B
  11. 11.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
  12. 12.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
  14. 14.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) HB (b) H (c) 6B (d) B
  18. 18.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) see-through colour (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) blend with a fingertip (d) light first outlines
  19. 19.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) bright, flat colour (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) soft, light washes
  20. 20.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) watercolour (b) poster colour (c) wax crayons (d) pencil
  21. 21.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) bright, flat colour (b) see-through colour (c) grey lines for sketching (d) soft, creamy sticks
  22. 22.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) oil pastels (b) watercolour (c) wax crayons (d) poster colour
  23. 23.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) 2B (b) HB
  24. 24.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) see-through colour (c) do not smudge easily (d) grey lines for sketching
  26. 26.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) poster colour (b) watercolour (c) oil pastels (d) wax crayons
  27. 27.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) bright, flat colour (b) light first outlines (c) see-through colour (d) hard, waxy sticks
  28. 28.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 6B (b) 2B
  30. 30.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 4H (b) HB (c) H (d) 4B
  32. 32.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
  33. 33.True or false: pencil grade B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: pencil grade H makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) oil pastels (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
  36. 36.True or false: pencil grade H makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) poster colour (b) watercolour (c) oil pastels (d) pencil
  38. 38.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
  39. 39.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) do not smudge easily (b) grey lines for sketching (c) blend with a fingertip (d) mixed with lots of water
  40. 40.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) watercolour (d) wax crayons

Answer key

  1. False
  2. hard, light marks
  3. soft, dark marks
  4. pencil
  5. False
  6. True
  7. True
  8. hard
  9. soft, dark marks
  10. 2B
  11. hard, light marks
  12. False
  13. hard, light marks
  14. True
  15. True
  16. False
  17. HB
  18. see-through colour
  19. soft, creamy sticks
  20. watercolour
  21. grey lines for sketching
  22. poster colour
  23. 2B
  24. True
  25. do not smudge easily
  26. watercolour
  27. light first outlines
  28. False
  29. 6B
  30. True
  31. 4B
  32. medium marks
  33. True
  34. False
  35. oil pastels
  36. False
  37. oil pastels
  38. soft, dark marks
  39. blend with a fingertip
  40. watercolour

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