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Art Materials and Pencil Grades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 14: Art materials and pencil grades · Set 498 · 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: “blend with a fingertip” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) light first outlines (c) soft, light washes (d) mixed with lots of water
  3. 3.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) thick, opaque paint (c) see-through colour (d) light first outlines
  4. 4.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
  5. 5.✏️ Which pencil makes lighter lines: HB or 2H? (a) HB (b) 2H
  6. 6.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) watercolour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) poster colour
  7. 7.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) 2H (c) HB (d) 4B
  9. 9.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 2H
  10. 10.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) watercolour (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) wax crayons
  11. 11.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: pencil grade HB makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
  14. 14.✏️ Which pencil is softer: 4B or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 4B
  15. 15.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 2B (b) HB (c) 6B (d) 4H
  17. 17.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
  18. 18.True or false: pencil grade B makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 2B (b) 6B
  20. 20.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter B stand for? (a) black (b) big (c) blue (d) brown
  21. 21.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2H (b) 2B (c) H (d) HB
  22. 22.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
  24. 24.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
  25. 25.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) pencil (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) poster colour
  26. 26.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) B (b) 4H (c) 4B (d) HB
  27. 27.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) pencil (b) watercolour (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
  28. 28.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) poster colour (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) wax crayons
  29. 29.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) light first outlines (c) see-through colour (d) bright, flat colour
  30. 30.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) light first outlines (b) see-through colour (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) blend with a fingertip
  31. 31.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) do not smudge easily (b) grey lines for sketching (c) thick, opaque paint (d) mixed with lots of water
  32. 32.True or false: pencil grade HB makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
  34. 34.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) watercolour (d) pencil
  35. 35.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) oil pastels (b) poster colour (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
  37. 37.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) grey lines for sketching (c) bright, flat colour (d) do not smudge easily
  38. 38.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) 2B (b) HB
  40. 40.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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