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Art Materials and Pencil Grades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 14: Art materials and pencil grades · Set 56 · 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.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) hard (b) hot (c) heavy (d) high
  2. 2.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
  4. 4.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 6B (b) 2B
  5. 5.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
  6. 6.True or false: “blend with a fingertip” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) pencil (b) poster colour (c) oil pastels (d) wax crayons
  8. 8.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
  9. 9.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) do not smudge easily (b) mixed with lots of water (c) light first outlines (d) soft, creamy sticks
  10. 10.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
  11. 11.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) wax crayons (b) watercolour (c) poster colour (d) pencil
  12. 12.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) bright, flat colour (d) thick, opaque paint
  14. 14.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) watercolour (d) wax crayons
  15. 15.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2H (b) 2B
  16. 16.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
  17. 17.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) do not smudge easily (c) blend with a fingertip (d) mixed with lots of water
  18. 18.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
  19. 19.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
  20. 20.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) bright, flat colour (c) see-through colour (d) light first outlines
  21. 21.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
  22. 22.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 2B (b) 6B (c) 4B (d) H
  23. 23.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) poster colour (b) wax crayons (c) pencil (d) watercolour
  24. 24.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) watercolour (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) wax crayons
  25. 25.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) soft, light washes (b) thick, opaque paint (c) grey lines for sketching (d) bright, flat colour
  26. 26.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) wax crayons (b) poster colour (c) oil pastels (d) pencil
  27. 27.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) poster colour (b) wax crayons (c) pencil (d) oil pastels
  28. 28.🖍️ Which paint is best for bright, solid colour on a school chart? (a) poster colour (b) charcoal (c) pencil (d) watercolour
  29. 29.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) thick, opaque paint (c) blend with a fingertip (d) soft, light washes
  30. 30.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: pencil grade B makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: pencil grade HB makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: pencil grade B makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 6B (b) 2H (c) HB (d) B
  35. 35.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) watercolour (b) oil pastels (c) poster colour (d) pencil
  36. 36.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) 2B (b) HB
  37. 37.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) HB (b) 4B (c) 4H (d) B
  38. 38.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.✏️ Which pencil is softer: 4B or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 4B
  40. 40.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter B stand for? (a) blue (b) brown (c) black (d) big

Answer key

  1. hard
  2. True
  3. soft, dark marks
  4. 6B
  5. hard, light marks
  6. True
  7. oil pastels
  8. soft, dark marks
  9. light first outlines
  10. hard, light marks
  11. wax crayons
  12. False
  13. hard, waxy sticks
  14. watercolour
  15. 2B
  16. medium marks
  17. mixed with lots of water
  18. soft, dark marks
  19. soft, dark marks
  20. bright, flat colour
  21. hard, light marks
  22. H
  23. pencil
  24. watercolour
  25. grey lines for sketching
  26. poster colour
  27. oil pastels
  28. poster colour
  29. soft, light washes
  30. False
  31. False
  32. False
  33. False
  34. 2H
  35. watercolour
  36. 2B
  37. 4H
  38. False
  39. 4B
  40. black

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