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Art Materials and Pencil Grades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 14: Art materials and pencil grades · Set 543 · 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 pencil is softer: 4B or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 4B
  2. 2.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) see-through colour (b) soft, light washes (c) bright, flat colour (d) grey lines for sketching
  4. 4.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
  5. 5.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
  6. 6.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) bright, flat colour (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) blend with a fingertip
  7. 7.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
  9. 9.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
  10. 10.True or false: pencil grade HB makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) pencil
  12. 12.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “light first outlines”? (a) watercolour (b) pencil (c) wax crayons (d) oil pastels
  13. 13.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 6B (b) 2H (c) 4H (d) H
  14. 14.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) do not smudge easily (c) bright, flat colour (d) mixed with lots of water
  15. 15.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 4H (b) 2H
  16. 16.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) watercolour (b) poster colour (c) oil pastels (d) pencil
  17. 17.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 6B (b) 2B (c) HB (d) 2H
  18. 18.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) wax crayons (b) poster colour (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
  19. 19.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter B stand for? (a) brown (b) big (c) blue (d) black
  20. 20.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) bright, flat colour (c) light first outlines (d) see-through colour
  22. 22.True or false: pencil grade H makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) do not smudge easily (b) blend with a fingertip (c) light first outlines (d) mixed with lots of water
  26. 26.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 6B (b) 4B (c) H (d) 2B
  27. 27.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) 6B (b) HB (c) B (d) 2B
  28. 28.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) watercolour (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) wax crayons
  30. 30.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
  32. 32.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2H (b) 2B
  34. 34.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) 2B (b) HB
  35. 35.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) light first outlines (c) thick, opaque paint (d) do not smudge easily
  36. 36.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) bright, flat colour (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) grey lines for sketching (d) light first outlines
  37. 37.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
  38. 38.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) do not smudge easily (b) see-through colour (c) bright, flat colour (d) soft, creamy sticks
  39. 39.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks

Answer key

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

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