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