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Art Materials and Pencil Grades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 14: Art materials and pencil grades · Set 63 · 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) hot (b) high (c) heavy (d) hard
  2. 2.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) watercolour (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) wax crayons
  3. 3.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) thick, opaque paint (c) see-through colour (d) light first outlines
  4. 4.True or false: pencil grade HB makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) HB (b) 2H (c) 4H (d) H
  6. 6.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 4H (b) HB (c) 2B (d) B
  7. 7.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) poster colour (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) wax crayons
  11. 11.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 2B (b) 2H (c) HB (d) B
  12. 12.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) thick, opaque paint (c) soft, light washes (d) grey lines for sketching
  13. 13.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) soft, light washes (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) light first outlines (d) do not smudge easily
  14. 14.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
  15. 15.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
  16. 16.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
  18. 18.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) wax crayons (b) poster colour (c) pencil (d) oil pastels
  19. 19.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) wax crayons (b) watercolour (c) poster colour (d) oil pastels
  20. 20.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) pencil (b) poster colour (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
  22. 22.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 4H (b) HB (c) 4B (d) H
  23. 23.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) pencil (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
  25. 25.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) see-through colour (b) soft, light washes (c) bright, flat colour (d) soft, creamy sticks
  27. 27.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) hard, waxy sticks (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) grey lines for sketching (d) soft, light washes
  28. 28.True or false: pencil grade B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) thick, opaque paint (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) see-through colour (d) soft, creamy sticks
  31. 31.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
  32. 32.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of watercolour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) poster colour (d) pencil
  35. 35.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
  36. 36.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) H (b) B (c) 4B (d) 6B
  37. 37.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) watercolour (b) wax crayons (c) oil pastels (d) poster colour
  38. 38.True or false: “soft, light washes” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) light first outlines (c) do not smudge easily (d) mixed with lots of water
  40. 40.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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