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Art Materials and Pencil Grades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 14: Art materials and pencil grades · Set 737 · 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 2B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
  2. 2.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
  3. 3.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2H (b) 2B
  4. 4.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) do not smudge easily (b) mixed with lots of water (c) grey lines for sketching (d) see-through colour
  6. 6.🖍️ Which paint is best for bright, solid colour on a school chart? (a) pencil (b) poster colour (c) watercolour (d) charcoal
  7. 7.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) light first outlines (b) grey lines for sketching (c) soft, light washes (d) soft, creamy sticks
  8. 8.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) HB (b) B (c) 2H (d) 4H
  9. 9.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 6B (b) HB (c) 4H (d) H
  10. 10.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 2H (b) 6B (c) 4B (d) B
  12. 12.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) wax crayons (b) poster colour (c) pencil (d) watercolour
  13. 13.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, creamy sticks”? (a) pencil (b) oil pastels (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
  14. 14.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
  15. 15.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
  16. 16.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) mixed with lots of water (b) do not smudge easily (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) thick, opaque paint
  18. 18.True or false: “do not smudge easily” is a feature of wax crayons. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) H (b) HB (c) B (d) 2B
  20. 20.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) oil pastels (b) poster colour (c) watercolour (d) wax crayons
  23. 23.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2H (b) H (c) 4H (d) 2B
  26. 26.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 4B (b) 6B (c) 2B (d) 4H
  27. 27.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
  29. 29.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “thick, opaque paint” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “thick, opaque paint”? (a) poster colour (b) wax crayons (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
  32. 32.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) see-through colour (b) blend with a fingertip (c) grey lines for sketching (d) thick, opaque paint
  33. 33.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 4B (b) HB (c) H (d) 2H
  34. 34.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
  35. 35.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) do not smudge easily (b) blend with a fingertip (c) see-through colour (d) soft, creamy sticks
  36. 36.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) light first outlines (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) bright, flat colour
  37. 37.✏️ Which pencil is softer: 4B or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 4B
  38. 38.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter B stand for? (a) brown (b) big (c) black (d) blue
  39. 39.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: pencil grade 2B makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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