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