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Art Materials and Pencil Grades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 14: Art materials and pencil grades · Set 611 · 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.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
  2. 2.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) HB (b) 2B
  3. 3.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2H (b) 2B (c) 4H (d) H
  4. 4.True or false: pencil grade HB makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) hot (b) high (c) hard (d) heavy
  6. 6.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) bright, flat colour (c) mixed with lots of water (d) thick, opaque paint
  8. 8.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
  9. 9.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) watercolour
  10. 10.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2H (b) 2B
  11. 11.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
  12. 12.✏️ Which pencil is softer: 4B or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 4B
  13. 13.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 6B (b) 2B
  14. 14.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
  15. 15.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) see-through colour (b) blend with a fingertip (c) bright, flat colour (d) mixed with lots of water
  16. 16.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) HB (c) 2H (d) 2B
  17. 17.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) oil pastels (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) wax crayons
  18. 18.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) watercolour (b) poster colour (c) pencil (d) wax crayons
  19. 19.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) poster colour (b) wax crayons (c) oil pastels (d) pencil
  20. 20.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🖍️ Which paint is best for bright, solid colour on a school chart? (a) watercolour (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) charcoal
  22. 22.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) do not smudge easily (b) light first outlines (c) soft, light washes (d) mixed with lots of water
  23. 23.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2H (b) H (c) HB (d) 6B
  24. 24.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) wax crayons (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) poster colour
  25. 25.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
  27. 27.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) oil pastels (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) wax crayons
  28. 28.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) watercolour
  29. 29.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) oil pastels (b) wax crayons (c) poster colour (d) watercolour
  30. 30.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) HB (b) H (c) 2B (d) 6B
  31. 31.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) light first outlines (c) mixed with lots of water (d) soft, light washes
  32. 32.True or false: pencil grade B makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) do not smudge easily (b) blend with a fingertip (c) grey lines for sketching (d) see-through colour
  34. 34.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.✏️ Which pencil is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 2H (b) 4H
  37. 37.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) do not smudge easily (b) mixed with lots of water (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) thick, opaque paint
  38. 38.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) grey lines for sketching
  40. 40.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) do not smudge easily (c) grey lines for sketching (d) thick, opaque paint

Answer key

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

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