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Shading Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 12: Light, shadow and shading · Set 418 · 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.⬜⬛ Does cream have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
  2. 2.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) many parallel lines (c) dots packed close (d) criss-cross lines
  3. 3.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  4. 4.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) blending (b) cross-hatching (c) hatching (d) stippling
  5. 5.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
  6. 6.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) stippling (b) hatching (c) cross-hatching (d) blending
  7. 7.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lots of tiny dots (b) lines crossing over (c) lines all one way (d) smudging with a finger
  8. 8.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) shadow side (b) highlight (c) cast shadow
  9. 9.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is called stippling? (a) criss-cross lines (b) lots of tiny dots (c) smooth, soft tones (d) smudging with a finger
  11. 11.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  12. 12.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: navy blue has a light value. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: dark brown has a light value. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) above the object (c) on the right side (d) on the left side
  16. 16.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
  17. 17.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the dark shape it throws (c) the side away from light (d) where light hits most
  18. 18.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lines all one way (b) dots packed close (c) smooth, soft tones (d) many parallel lines
  21. 21.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the brightest spot (b) its shadow on the table (c) the side away from light (d) where light hits most
  24. 24.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
  25. 25.True or false: dark brown has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) above the object (b) on the left side (c) inside the object (d) on the right side
  27. 27.True or false: dark grey has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) red to blue (b) white to black (c) near to far (d) big to small
  29. 29.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lines all one way (b) lots of tiny dots (c) criss-cross lines (d) dots packed close
  30. 30.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  31. 31.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: black has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.💡 On a shaded ball, what is its shadow on the table called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
  35. 35.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: black has a light value. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) hatching (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) blending
  38. 38.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
  39. 39.True or false: pale yellow has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.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) its shadow on the table

Answer key

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

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