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Art Materials and Pencil Grades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 14: Art materials and pencil grades · Set 922 · 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 4H make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
  2. 2.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade H make? (a) medium marks (b) hard, light marks (c) soft, dark marks
  3. 3.True or false: pencil grade HB makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) soft, light washes (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) hard, waxy sticks (d) thick, opaque paint
  5. 5.True or false: pencil grade H makes soft, dark marks. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these is a feature of poster colour? (a) do not smudge easily (b) grey lines for sketching (c) see-through colour (d) bright, flat colour
  7. 7.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 4H (b) 2H (c) H (d) B
  8. 8.True or false: pencil grade 4B makes soft, dark marks. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is a feature of wax crayons? (a) grey lines for sketching (b) see-through colour (c) soft, creamy sticks (d) do not smudge easily
  10. 10.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) B (b) 4B (c) H (d) HB
  11. 11.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 6B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) medium marks (c) soft, dark marks
  12. 12.True or false: pencil grade 2H makes medium marks. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter H stand for? (a) heavy (b) high (c) hard (d) hot
  14. 14.Which pencil grade makes medium marks? (a) B (b) HB (c) 2H (d) 4H
  15. 15.💧 Which paint gives soft, see-through layers? (a) poster colour (b) oil pastels (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
  16. 16.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) 2B (b) 4H (c) B (d) 6B
  17. 17.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) see-through colour (b) bright, flat colour (c) blend with a fingertip (d) thick, opaque paint
  18. 18.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) blend with a fingertip (b) soft, creamy sticks (c) see-through colour (d) grey lines for sketching
  19. 19.True or false: pencil grade 6B makes medium marks. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2H (b) 4H (c) H (d) 2B
  21. 21.Which pencil grade makes hard, light marks? (a) HB (b) 2H (c) B (d) 2B
  22. 22.✏️ Which pencil is softer: 4B or 2B? (a) 2B (b) 4B
  23. 23.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “grey lines for sketching”? (a) pencil (b) poster colour (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
  24. 24.True or false: pencil grade 4H makes hard, light marks. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which pencil grade makes soft, dark marks? (a) 2H (b) H (c) 4H (d) 6B
  26. 26.True or false: “blend with a fingertip” is a feature of poster colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is a feature of a pencil? (a) light first outlines (b) mixed with lots of water (c) soft, light washes (d) bright, flat colour
  28. 28.True or false: “soft, creamy sticks” is a feature of oil pastels. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of watercolour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2H make? (a) medium marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) hard, light marks
  31. 31.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade HB make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
  32. 32.True or false: “see-through colour” is a feature of poster colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.✏️ Which pencil makes darker lines: 2H or 2B? (a) 2H (b) 2B
  34. 34.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) medium marks (c) hard, light marks
  35. 35.✏️ In a pencil grade, what does the letter B stand for? (a) big (b) blue (c) brown (d) black
  36. 36.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 2B make? (a) hard, light marks (b) soft, dark marks (c) medium marks
  37. 37.Which of these is a feature of watercolour? (a) soft, creamy sticks (b) light first outlines (c) mixed with lots of water (d) bright, flat colour
  38. 38.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “do not smudge easily”? (a) pencil (b) poster colour (c) wax crayons (d) watercolour
  39. 39.🖍️ Which art material has this feature: “light first outlines”? (a) oil pastels (b) watercolour (c) wax crayons (d) pencil
  40. 40.✏️ What kind of marks does the pencil grade 4B make? (a) soft, dark marks (b) hard, light marks (c) medium marks

Answer key

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

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