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