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Shading Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 12: Light, shadow and shading · Set 462 · 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.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
  2. 2.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  3. 3.True or false: cream has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) hatching (b) blending (c) stippling (d) cross-hatching
  5. 5.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lines all one way (b) lines crossing over (c) smudging with a finger (d) lots of tiny dots
  6. 6.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) its shadow on the table (c) the darker half of it (d) the brightest spot
  8. 8.⬜⬛ Does navy blue have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  9. 9.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) cross-hatching (b) hatching (c) stippling (d) blending
  10. 10.True or false: pale yellow has a light value. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.💡 The light shines from straight above. Where is the cast shadow? (a) under the object (b) in the sky (c) on the ceiling (d) above the object
  12. 12.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) press lighter (b) add water (c) use an eraser (d) press harder
  15. 15.Which of these is called blending? (a) dots packed close (b) smudging with a finger (c) lots of tiny dots (d) many parallel lines
  16. 16.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) hatching (b) stippling (c) blending (d) cross-hatching
  17. 17.True or false: shading with dots packed close is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
  19. 19.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) where light hits most (c) the side away from light (d) the darker half of it
  21. 21.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) stippling (b) blending (c) hatching (d) cross-hatching
  22. 22.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) hatching (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) blending
  23. 23.True or false: black has a light value. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) its shadow on the table (c) where light hits most (d) the side away from light
  26. 26.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
  27. 27.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called blending. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the side away from light (b) the brightest spot (c) where light hits most (d) the dark shape it throws
  31. 31.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  32. 32.Which of these is called stippling? (a) dots packed close (b) lines crossing over (c) lines all one way (d) criss-cross lines
  33. 33.True or false: white has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is called hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) many parallel lines (c) dots packed close (d) criss-cross lines
  35. 35.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
  36. 36.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) on the right side (c) on the left side (d) above the object
  38. 38.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) white to black (b) near to far (c) big to small (d) red to blue
  40. 40.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight

Answer key

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

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