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Shading Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 12: Light, shadow and shading · Set 499 · 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 darker half of it called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
  2. 2.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) stippling (d) blending
  3. 3.Which of these is called hatching? (a) lines crossing over (b) criss-cross lines (c) smooth, soft tones (d) many parallel lines
  4. 4.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
  5. 5.⬜⬛ Does black have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
  6. 6.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) big to small (b) near to far (c) white to black (d) red to blue
  8. 8.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) cross-hatching (b) blending (c) stippling (d) hatching
  9. 9.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called blending. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.✏️ Which shading method uses dots packed close? (a) hatching (b) blending (c) cross-hatching (d) stippling
  11. 11.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) above the object (b) on the left side (c) on the right side (d) inside the object
  12. 12.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.💡 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
  14. 14.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) the dark shape it throws (d) where light hits most
  15. 15.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) lines crossing over (b) lines all one way (c) many parallel lines (d) smooth, soft tones
  17. 17.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called blending. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.⬜⬛ Does navy blue have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  20. 20.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: light grey has a light value. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) cross-hatching (b) hatching (c) blending (d) stippling
  23. 23.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called blending. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
  27. 27.💡 The light shines from straight above. Where is the cast shadow? (a) above the object (b) on the ceiling (c) under the object (d) in the sky
  28. 28.True or false: black has a light value. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the brightest spot (b) the side away from light (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the darker half of it
  30. 30.Which of these is called stippling? (a) smooth, soft tones (b) many parallel lines (c) lines crossing over (d) dots packed close
  31. 31.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
  32. 32.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: dark grey has a light value. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is called blending? (a) criss-cross lines (b) lines crossing over (c) lots of tiny dots (d) smudging with a finger
  36. 36.Which of these is called blending? (a) criss-cross lines (b) smooth, soft tones (c) lines crossing over (d) dots packed close
  37. 37.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.💡 On a shaded ball, what is its shadow on the table called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
  39. 39.✏️ Which shading method uses criss-cross lines? (a) blending (b) stippling (c) hatching (d) cross-hatching
  40. 40.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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