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Shading Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 12: Light, shadow and shading · Set 243 · 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.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) white to black (b) near to far (c) big to small (d) red to blue
  2. 2.⬜⬛ Does navy blue have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  3. 3.True or false: dark grey has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.✏️ Which shading method uses dots packed close? (a) blending (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) hatching
  5. 5.True or false: pale yellow has a light value. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
  7. 7.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.💡 On a shaded ball, what is its shadow on the table called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
  10. 10.True or false: navy blue has a light value. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the side away from it (b) the side facing the lamp (c) the bottom
  12. 12.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: pale yellow has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.⬜⬛ Does cream have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
  15. 15.Which of these is called stippling? (a) smooth, soft tones (b) dots packed close (c) smudging with a finger (d) lines all one way
  16. 16.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) where light hits most (c) the darker half of it (d) the side away from light
  17. 17.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the side away from light (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the brightest spot
  18. 18.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) cross-hatching (b) blending (c) hatching (d) stippling
  19. 19.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called blending. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
  22. 22.True or false: dark brown has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  24. 24.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: black has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
  27. 27.True or false: dark grey has a light value. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
  29. 29.Which of these is called hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) smooth, soft tones (c) many parallel lines (d) lots of tiny dots
  30. 30.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called blending. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) where light hits most (c) the darker half of it (d) the brightest spot
  32. 32.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  33. 33.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) hatching (b) blending (c) cross-hatching (d) stippling
  34. 34.True or false: navy blue has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) on the left side (c) above the object (d) on the right side
  36. 36.True or false: black has a light value. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) cross-hatching (b) blending (c) hatching (d) stippling
  38. 38.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the left side (b) inside the object (c) above the object (d) on the right side
  39. 39.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) hatching (b) blending (c) stippling (d) cross-hatching
  40. 40.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) add water (b) press harder (c) use an eraser (d) press lighter

Answer key

  1. white to black
  2. dark value
  3. True
  4. stippling
  5. True
  6. cast shadow
  7. True
  8. False
  9. cast shadow
  10. False
  11. the side facing the lamp
  12. True
  13. False
  14. light value
  15. dots packed close
  16. where light hits most
  17. the brightest spot
  18. cross-hatching
  19. True
  20. False
  21. light value
  22. True
  23. light value
  24. False
  25. True
  26. highlight
  27. False
  28. dark value
  29. many parallel lines
  30. False
  31. the darker half of it
  32. dark value
  33. hatching
  34. True
  35. on the right side
  36. False
  37. hatching
  38. on the left side
  39. cross-hatching
  40. press harder

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