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Shading Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 12: Light, shadow and shading · Set 460 · 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.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) dots packed close (b) criss-cross lines (c) lines all one way (d) many parallel lines
  2. 2.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) hatching
  3. 3.True or false: light grey has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called blending. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the darker half of it (b) its shadow on the table (c) where light hits most (d) the brightest spot
  6. 6.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
  7. 7.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the brightest spot (b) where light hits most (c) its shadow on the table (d) the side away from light
  8. 8.💡 The light shines from straight above. Where is the cast shadow? (a) in the sky (b) above the object (c) under the object (d) on the ceiling
  9. 9.True or false: dark brown has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
  11. 11.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
  12. 12.True or false: dark brown has a light value. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.💡 On a shaded ball, what is its shadow on the table called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
  16. 16.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called blending. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) where light hits most (b) the dark shape it throws (c) the brightest spot (d) the darker half of it
  19. 19.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the brightest spot (b) its shadow on the table (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the darker half of it
  20. 20.True or false: navy blue has a light value. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) white to black (b) red to blue (c) near to far (d) big to small
  22. 22.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
  23. 23.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
  26. 26.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is called stippling? (a) smooth, soft tones (b) criss-cross lines (c) lines crossing over (d) dots packed close
  28. 28.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.✏️ Which shading method uses dots packed close? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) stippling (d) blending
  30. 30.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) use an eraser (b) press harder (c) add water (d) press lighter
  31. 31.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) hatching (b) blending (c) cross-hatching (d) stippling
  32. 32.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) blending (b) hatching (c) stippling (d) cross-hatching
  33. 33.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called blending. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  37. 37.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) cross-hatching (b) hatching (c) blending (d) stippling
  38. 38.Which of these is called hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) criss-cross lines (c) lines crossing over (d) lines all one way
  39. 39.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  40. 40.Which of these is called blending? (a) lines all one way (b) dots packed close (c) smudging with a finger (d) criss-cross lines

Answer key

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

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