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Shading Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 12: Light, shadow and shading · Set 401 · 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 lighter (b) press harder (c) use an eraser (d) add water
  2. 2.True or false: pale yellow has a light value. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called blending. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  5. 5.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) stippling (b) blending (c) hatching (d) cross-hatching
  7. 7.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.✏️ Which side of a ball facing a lamp is the lightest? (a) the side facing the lamp (b) the side away from it (c) the bottom
  9. 9.Which of these is called blending? (a) lines all one way (b) smudging with a finger (c) dots packed close (d) many parallel lines
  10. 10.True or false: cream has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: black has a light value. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.⬜⬛ Does cream have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  13. 13.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) stippling
  14. 14.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) hatching
  15. 15.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the side away from light (b) the darker half of it (c) where light hits most (d) the dark shape it throws
  17. 17.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: dark grey has a light value. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  22. 22.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lines crossing over (b) smudging with a finger (c) many parallel lines (d) lots of tiny dots
  25. 25.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the side away from light (b) its shadow on the table (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the brightest spot
  26. 26.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.💡 On a shaded ball, what is its shadow on the table called? (a) shadow side (b) highlight (c) cast shadow
  29. 29.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) smudging with a finger (c) lines all one way (d) criss-cross lines
  30. 30.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  31. 31.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  32. 32.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
  33. 33.💡 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
  34. 34.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) where light hits most (c) the brightest spot (d) the darker half of it
  35. 35.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the side away from light (b) its shadow on the table (c) where light hits most (d) the brightest spot
  37. 37.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the right side (b) above the object (c) on the left side (d) inside the object
  38. 38.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) blending (b) cross-hatching (c) hatching (d) stippling
  39. 39.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) stippling (b) hatching (c) blending (d) cross-hatching

Answer key

  1. press harder
  2. True
  3. True
  4. light value
  5. False
  6. stippling
  7. True
  8. the side facing the lamp
  9. smudging with a finger
  10. False
  11. False
  12. light value
  13. cross-hatching
  14. hatching
  15. True
  16. where light hits most
  17. False
  18. False
  19. False
  20. False
  21. light value
  22. False
  23. True
  24. lines crossing over
  25. the brightest spot
  26. False
  27. True
  28. cast shadow
  29. criss-cross lines
  30. light value
  31. dark value
  32. shadow side
  33. on the right side
  34. the dark shape it throws
  35. False
  36. the side away from light
  37. on the left side
  38. blending
  39. True
  40. hatching

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