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Art Materials and Pencil Grades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 14: Art materials and pencil grades · Set 526 · 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.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
  2. 2.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) wax crayons
  3. 3.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
  4. 4.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
  6. 6.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 2H (b) H (c) HB (d) 6B
  7. 7.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) bright, flat colour (c) see-through colour (d) do not smudge easily
  9. 9.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) light first outlines (d) do not smudge easily
  10. 10.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) soft, light washes (c) thick, opaque paint (d) do not smudge easily
  11. 11.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 2H
  13. 13.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) HB (b) 4B (c) 2B (d) 2H
  14. 14.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: pencil grade B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 4H (b) B (c) 2B (d) 6B
  19. 19.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
  20. 20.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “light first outlines”? (a) poster colour (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) wax crayons
  22. 22.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) light first outlines (b) thick, opaque paint (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) bright, flat colour
  24. 24.True or false: “blend with a fingertip” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) H (b) HB (c) 6B (d) 4H
  26. 26.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) poster colour (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) oil pastels
  27. 27.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) soft, light washes (c) do not smudge easily (d) light first outlines
  28. 28.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) 2B (b) HB
  29. 29.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) watercolour (b) pencil (c) wax crayons (d) poster colour
  30. 30.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) do not smudge easily (c) bright, flat colour (d) mixed with lots of water
  32. 32.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) see-through colour (b) bright, flat colour (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) grey lines for sketching
  33. 33.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2B (b) 2H (c) HB (d) 4H
  34. 34.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 4H (b) 2H
  37. 37.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) wax crayons (b) watercolour (c) poster colour (d) pencil
  38. 38.True or false: pencil grade HB makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) wax crayons (b) watercolour (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
  40. 40.✏️ Which pencil is softer: 4B or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 4B

Answer key

  1. oil pastels
  2. poster colour
  3. hard, light marks
  4. False
  5. soft, dark marks
  6. HB
  7. False
  8. grey lines for sketching
  9. blend with a fingertip
  10. do not smudge easily
  11. False
  12. 2B
  13. 2H
  14. True
  15. False
  16. True
  17. False
  18. 4H
  19. soft, dark marks
  20. False
  21. pencil
  22. True
  23. light first outlines
  24. True
  25. 6B
  26. watercolour
  27. soft, light washes
  28. 2B
  29. poster colour
  30. False
  31. mixed with lots of water
  32. bright, flat colour
  33. 2B
  34. True
  35. True
  36. 4H
  37. wax crayons
  38. False
  39. oil pastels
  40. 4B

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