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Art Materials and Pencil Grades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 14: Art materials and pencil grades · Set 80 · 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.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 2B (b) 6B
  2. 2.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) oil pastels (b) watercolour (c) pencil (d) poster colour
  3. 3.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
  4. 4.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
  6. 6.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) poster colour (b) pencil (c) oil pastels (d) watercolour
  7. 7.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 2B (b) B (c) H (d) HB
  8. 8.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) oil pastels (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
  9. 9.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
  10. 10.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) bright, flat colour (b) mixed with lots of water (c) grey lines for sketching (d) light first outlines
  13. 13.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
  14. 14.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
  15. 15.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
  16. 16.✏️ Which pencil is softer: 4B or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 4B
  17. 17.True or false: pencil grade HB makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) do not smudge easily (b) light first outlines (c) see-through colour (d) bright, flat colour
  19. 19.🖍️ Which paint is best for bright, solid colour on a school chart? (a) poster colour (b) watercolour (c) charcoal (d) pencil
  20. 20.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
  21. 21.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “mixed with lots of water”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) poster colour (d) watercolour
  23. 23.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) bright, flat colour (b) see-through colour (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) thick, opaque paint
  24. 24.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) watercolour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) poster colour
  25. 25.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) do not smudge easily (b) bright, flat colour (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) soft, light washes
  26. 26.True or false: pencil grade H makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) H (b) HB (c) 4H (d) 2B
  28. 28.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) wax crayons (b) poster colour (c) watercolour (d) oil pastels
  30. 30.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) blend with a fingertip (c) see-through colour (d) hard, waxy sticks
  31. 31.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “mixed with lots of water” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) bright, flat colour (b) see-through colour (c) light first outlines (d) blend with a fingertip
  34. 34.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: pencil grade H makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “bright, flat colour” is a feature of a pencil. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) do not smudge easily (c) see-through colour (d) soft, creamy sticks
  39. 39.True or false: “light first outlines” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: pencil grade H makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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