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