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Shading Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 12: Light, shadow and shading · Set 523 · 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 shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) cross-hatching (b) hatching (c) blending (d) stippling
  2. 2.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  3. 3.True or false: shading with smooth, soft tones is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) hatching
  6. 6.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) shadow side (b) highlight (c) cast shadow
  7. 7.💡 On a shaded ball, what is its shadow on the table called? (a) cast shadow (b) shadow side (c) highlight
  8. 8.Which of these is called hatching? (a) dots packed close (b) many parallel lines (c) lots of tiny dots (d) lines crossing over
  9. 9.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the brightest spot (b) the side away from light (c) where light hits most (d) the dark shape it throws
  10. 10.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
  11. 11.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the left side (b) on the right side (c) inside the object (d) above the object
  12. 12.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) hatching (b) stippling (c) cross-hatching (d) blending
  14. 14.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the side away from light (b) the brightest spot (c) the darker half of it (d) the dark shape it throws
  15. 15.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 darker half of it (d) the brightest spot
  16. 16.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
  17. 17.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is called hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) smooth, soft tones (c) lines all one way (d) lots of tiny dots
  19. 19.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.⬜⬛ Does dark brown have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
  21. 21.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) where light hits most (b) the dark shape it throws (c) the side away from light (d) its shadow on the table
  22. 22.✏️ Which shading method uses smooth, soft tones? (a) cross-hatching (b) stippling (c) hatching (d) blending
  23. 23.True or false: light grey has a light value. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) white to black (b) near to far (c) big to small (d) red to blue
  25. 25.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) its shadow on the table (b) where light hits most (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the side away from light
  27. 27.True or false: dark brown has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: white has a light value. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
  30. 30.💡 The light shines from straight above. Where is the cast shadow? (a) in the sky (b) on the ceiling (c) under the object (d) above the object
  31. 31.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) cross-hatching (b) hatching (c) blending (d) stippling
  32. 32.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
  33. 33.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the darker half of it called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
  34. 34.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.✏️ 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
  36. 36.Which of these is called blending? (a) lines all one way (b) criss-cross lines (c) lots of tiny dots (d) smooth, soft tones
  37. 37.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called blending. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: cream has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: black has a light value. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called cross-hatching. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. stippling
  2. light value
  3. False
  4. False
  5. hatching
  6. highlight
  7. cast shadow
  8. many parallel lines
  9. the dark shape it throws
  10. cast shadow
  11. on the right side
  12. True
  13. hatching
  14. the brightest spot
  15. the darker half of it
  16. shadow side
  17. True
  18. lines all one way
  19. True
  20. dark value
  21. the side away from light
  22. blending
  23. True
  24. white to black
  25. True
  26. where light hits most
  27. True
  28. True
  29. light value
  30. under the object
  31. cross-hatching
  32. highlight
  33. shadow side
  34. True
  35. the side facing the lamp
  36. smooth, soft tones
  37. False
  38. False
  39. False
  40. True

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