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Art Materials and Pencil Grades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 14: Art materials and pencil grades · Set 408 · 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 B stand for? (a) black (b) blue (c) brown (d) big
  2. 2.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
  3. 3.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) hot (b) hard (c) heavy (d) high
  5. 5.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) see-through colour (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) do not smudge easily (d) thick, opaque paint
  6. 6.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
  7. 7.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) light first outlines (b) thick, opaque paint (c) grey lines for sketching (d) soft, creamy sticks
  8. 8.True or false: pencil grade HB makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) H (b) 2B (c) 6B (d) B
  10. 10.🖍️ Which paint is best for bright, solid colour on a school chart? (a) charcoal (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) poster colour
  11. 11.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
  12. 12.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) 2H (c) 6B (d) HB
  13. 13.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) grey lines for sketching (d) do not smudge easily
  14. 14.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) pencil (b) wax crayons (c) oil pastels (d) watercolour
  16. 16.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) HB (b) 6B (c) 2H (d) H
  17. 17.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
  18. 18.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
  19. 19.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) light first outlines (b) bright, flat colour (c) mixed with lots of water (d) do not smudge easily
  21. 21.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) wax crayons (b) watercolour (c) oil pastels (d) pencil
  22. 22.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) pencil (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
  23. 23.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “light first outlines”? (a) oil pastels (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) wax crayons
  25. 25.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) HB (b) 2B
  26. 26.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) thick, opaque paint (c) do not smudge easily (d) soft, light washes
  28. 28.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) pencil (b) oil pastels (c) poster colour (d) watercolour
  29. 29.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) HB (b) 2H
  30. 30.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
  31. 31.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
  32. 32.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) light first outlines (c) mixed with lots of water (d) do not smudge easily
  34. 34.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) H (b) B (c) 2H (d) 4H
  35. 35.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) grey lines for sketching (c) mixed with lots of water (d) thick, opaque paint
  36. 36.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 4H (b) 2B (c) 2H (d) HB
  37. 37.✏️ Which pencil is softer: 4B or 2B? (a) 4B (b) 2B
  38. 38.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) pencil (b) oil pastels (c) watercolour (d) wax crayons
  40. 40.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 4H (b) 2H

Answer key

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

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