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Shading Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 12: Light, shadow and shading · Set 357 · 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.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
  3. 3.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called blending. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) stippling (d) blending
  5. 5.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the darker half of it (b) its shadow on the table (c) the side away from light (d) where light hits most
  6. 6.✏️ Which shading method uses dots packed close? (a) cross-hatching (b) hatching (c) stippling (d) blending
  7. 7.True or false: white has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  9. 9.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
  10. 10.True or false: dark grey has a light value. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is called blending? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) dots packed close (c) criss-cross lines (d) smooth, soft tones
  12. 12.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) red to blue (b) near to far (c) big to small (d) white to black
  13. 13.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) blending (b) stippling (c) hatching (d) cross-hatching
  14. 14.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) stippling (d) blending
  15. 15.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) blending (b) cross-hatching (c) hatching (d) stippling
  16. 16.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the darker half of it (b) the brightest spot (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the side away from light
  18. 18.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called blending. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: light grey has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
  22. 22.💡 On a shaded ball, what is its shadow on the table called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
  23. 23.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) above the object (b) on the right side (c) inside the object (d) on the left side
  24. 24.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) cross-hatching (b) stippling (c) hatching (d) blending
  26. 26.⬜⬛ Does cream have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  27. 27.True or false: dark brown has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the left side (b) inside the object (c) on the right side (d) above the object
  29. 29.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lines all one way (b) smooth, soft tones (c) smudging with a finger (d) dots packed close
  30. 30.💡 The light shines from straight above. Where is the cast shadow? (a) above the object (b) under the object (c) in the sky (d) on the ceiling
  31. 31.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) stippling (b) hatching (c) blending (d) cross-hatching
  32. 32.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
  33. 33.True or false: light grey has a light value. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the side away from light (b) the brightest spot (c) the darker half of it (d) its shadow on the table
  35. 35.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) where light hits most (b) the side away from light (c) the brightest spot (d) the dark shape it throws
  37. 37.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: black has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) many parallel lines (b) smooth, soft tones (c) criss-cross lines (d) smudging with a finger

Answer key

  1. True
  2. dark value
  3. False
  4. blending
  5. where light hits most
  6. stippling
  7. False
  8. light value
  9. highlight
  10. False
  11. smooth, soft tones
  12. white to black
  13. cross-hatching
  14. hatching
  15. blending
  16. True
  17. the brightest spot
  18. False
  19. False
  20. False
  21. shadow side
  22. cast shadow
  23. on the right side
  24. False
  25. cross-hatching
  26. light value
  27. True
  28. on the left side
  29. dots packed close
  30. under the object
  31. stippling
  32. cast shadow
  33. True
  34. its shadow on the table
  35. False
  36. the side away from light
  37. True
  38. True
  39. False
  40. criss-cross lines

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