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Shading Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 12: Light, shadow and shading · Set 210 · 40 questions
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Artist's tip (Find the light): Highlight = brightest spot; shadow side = away from the light; cast shadow = thrown on the surface, away from the light. Hatching = parallel lines, cross-hatching = crossing lines, stippling = dots, blending = smooth tones. Press harder or add more lines to go darker; a value scale runs from white to black.

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  1. 1.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) press harder (b) use an eraser (c) add water (d) press lighter
  2. 2.⬜⬛ Does navy blue have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  3. 3.True or false: white has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) criss-cross lines (c) smudging with a finger (d) smooth, soft tones
  5. 5.Which of these is called hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) many parallel lines (c) smooth, soft tones (d) dots packed close
  6. 6.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is called blending? (a) smudging with a finger (b) lots of tiny dots (c) many parallel lines (d) lines crossing over
  8. 8.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
  9. 9.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the side away from light (b) the brightest spot (c) its shadow on the table (d) where light hits most
  10. 10.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  14. 14.⬜⬛ Does cream have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  15. 15.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) blending (b) hatching (c) stippling (d) cross-hatching
  16. 16.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  17. 17.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
  18. 18.True or false: dark grey has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  20. 20.True or false: dark brown has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.💡 On a shaded ball, what is its shadow on the table called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
  22. 22.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) smooth, soft tones (b) lots of tiny dots (c) many parallel lines (d) criss-cross lines
  23. 23.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) hatching (b) stippling (c) blending (d) cross-hatching
  26. 26.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: cream has a light value. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) red to blue (b) near to far (c) white to black (d) big to small
  32. 32.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) cross-hatching (b) hatching (c) blending (d) stippling
  33. 33.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
  34. 34.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called blending. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lines crossing over (b) lines all one way (c) many parallel lines (d) dots packed close
  36. 36.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the brightest spot (c) the side away from light (d) the dark shape it throws
  37. 37.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) stippling (d) blending
  38. 38.True or false: dark brown has a light value. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: navy blue has a light value. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. press harder
  2. dark value
  3. False
  4. lots of tiny dots
  5. many parallel lines
  6. True
  7. smudging with a finger
  8. highlight
  9. the side away from light
  10. False
  11. True
  12. True
  13. dark value
  14. light value
  15. cross-hatching
  16. dark value
  17. light value
  18. True
  19. light value
  20. True
  21. cast shadow
  22. criss-cross lines
  23. True
  24. True
  25. cross-hatching
  26. True
  27. True
  28. False
  29. True
  30. False
  31. white to black
  32. stippling
  33. highlight
  34. False
  35. dots packed close
  36. the brightest spot
  37. hatching
  38. False
  39. False
  40. False

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