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Art Materials and Pencil Grades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 14: Art materials and pencil grades · Set 375 · 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.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) heavy (b) hot (c) hard (d) high
  2. 2.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
  3. 3.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
  4. 4.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) blend with a fingertip (c) grey lines for sketching (d) soft, light washes
  5. 5.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “light first outlines”? (a) pencil (b) wax crayons (c) oil pastels (d) watercolour
  7. 7.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) 4H (c) 6B (d) 4B
  8. 8.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
  9. 9.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) oil pastels (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) poster colour
  10. 10.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) soft, light washes (c) light first outlines (d) mixed with lots of water
  11. 11.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) bright, flat colour (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) mixed with lots of water
  12. 12.True or false: “blend with a fingertip” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
  14. 14.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) grey lines for sketching (c) bright, flat colour (d) light first outlines
  15. 15.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) oil pastels (b) wax crayons (c) pencil (d) watercolour
  16. 16.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “blend with a fingertip” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
  20. 20.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter B stand for? (a) blue (b) brown (c) big (d) black
  21. 21.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) pencil
  22. 22.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 4B (b) HB (c) 2B (d) H
  23. 23.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) see-through colour (d) hard, waxy sticks
  24. 24.True or false: “blend with a fingertip” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) blend with a fingertip (d) bright, flat colour
  26. 26.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 4H (b) 2H
  27. 27.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) watercolour (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) wax crayons
  29. 29.True or false: pencil grade B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.✏️ Which pencil is softer: 4B or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 4B
  32. 32.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) HB (b) B (c) 4H (d) H
  33. 33.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) oil pastels (b) poster colour (c) pencil (d) watercolour
  34. 34.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) bright, flat colour (c) mixed with lots of water (d) light first outlines
  35. 35.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) pencil (b) wax crayons (c) poster colour (d) watercolour
  36. 36.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) thick, opaque paint (c) blend with a fingertip (d) grey lines for sketching
  37. 37.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) oil pastels (b) wax crayons (c) poster colour (d) watercolour
  38. 38.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
  40. 40.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) light first outlines (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) grey lines for sketching

Answer key

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

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