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Art Materials and Pencil Grades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 14: Art materials and pencil grades · Set 860 · 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 is harder: 4H or 2H? (a) 4H (b) 2H
  2. 2.Which of these is a feature of oil pastels? (a) bright, flat colour (b) light first outlines (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) do not smudge easily
  3. 3.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) oil pastels (b) pencil (c) wax crayons (d) poster colour
  4. 4.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) see-through colour (b) hard, waxy sticks (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) blend with a fingertip
  5. 5.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “soft, light washes”? (a) pencil (b) poster colour (c) oil pastels (d) watercolour
  6. 6.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
  7. 7.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) HB (b) 2H (c) 4B (d) B
  8. 8.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
  9. 9.True or false: pencil grade H makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: pencil grade H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
  12. 12.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks
  13. 13.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: pencil grade HB makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
  16. 16.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 4H (b) B (c) HB (d) 2H
  17. 17.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “see-through colour”? (a) wax crayons (b) pencil (c) watercolour (d) poster colour
  18. 18.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) bright, flat colour (b) mixed with lots of water (c) blend with a fingertip (d) light first outlines
  19. 19.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) H (b) 2H (c) HB (d) 4H
  20. 20.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “bright, flat colour”? (a) poster colour (b) watercolour (c) wax crayons (d) oil pastels
  21. 21.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “hard, waxy sticks”? (a) oil pastels (b) watercolour (c) wax crayons (d) poster colour
  22. 22.🖍️ Which paint is best for bright, solid colour on a school chart? (a) watercolour (b) charcoal (c) pencil (d) poster colour
  23. 23.True or false: “grey lines for sketching” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) HB (b) H (c) 2H (d) 2B
  25. 25.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4H make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
  26. 26.True or false: “hard, waxy sticks” is a feature of a pencil. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: pencil grade B makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 4B (b) B (c) 4H (d) HB
  29. 29.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) H (b) HB (c) 6B (d) 4H
  30. 30.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “blend with a fingertip”? (a) watercolour (b) oil pastels (c) pencil (d) poster colour
  32. 32.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
  33. 33.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
  34. 34.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2B or 6B? (a) 6B (b) 2B
  35. 35.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) watercolour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) poster colour
  36. 36.True or false: pencil grade HB makes hard, light marks. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: HB or 2B? (a) 2B (b) HB
  39. 39.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) light first outlines (b) thick, opaque paint (c) soft, light washes (d) blend with a fingertip
  40. 40.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter B stand for? (a) blue (b) brown (c) black (d) big

Answer key

  1. 4H
  2. soft, creamy sticks
  3. wax crayons
  4. hard, waxy sticks
  5. watercolour
  6. soft, dark marks
  7. 2H
  8. soft, dark marks
  9. False
  10. True
  11. hard, light marks
  12. medium marks
  13. True
  14. True
  15. soft, dark marks
  16. B
  17. watercolour
  18. bright, flat colour
  19. HB
  20. poster colour
  21. wax crayons
  22. poster colour
  23. False
  24. 2B
  25. hard, light marks
  26. False
  27. False
  28. 4H
  29. 6B
  30. False
  31. oil pastels
  32. soft, dark marks
  33. hard, light marks
  34. 6B
  35. watercolour
  36. False
  37. True
  38. 2B
  39. soft, light washes
  40. black

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