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Shading Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 12: Light, shadow and shading · Set 675 · 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 many parallel lines? (a) hatching (b) blending (c) stippling (d) cross-hatching
  2. 2.True or false: dark brown has a light value. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is called hatching? (a) dots packed close (b) lines crossing over (c) smudging with a finger (d) many parallel lines
  4. 4.✏️ With one pencil, how do you make your shading darker? (a) use an eraser (b) add water (c) press lighter (d) press harder
  5. 5.True or false: light grey has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.💡 On a shaded ball, what is its shadow on the table called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
  7. 7.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called blending. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called blending. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.⬜⬛ Does cream have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  10. 10.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called hatching. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) where light hits most (b) the darker half of it (c) the brightest spot (d) its shadow on the table
  12. 12.True or false: shading with lots of tiny dots is called hatching. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the highlight. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: white has a light value. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the dark shape it throws called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
  16. 16.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the brightest spot (b) the dark shape it throws (c) its shadow on the table (d) the darker half of it
  18. 18.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
  20. 20.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called stippling. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.✏️ Which shading method uses lines crossing over? (a) stippling (b) blending (c) cross-hatching (d) hatching
  22. 22.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.✏️ Which shading method uses dots packed close? (a) hatching (b) cross-hatching (c) stippling (d) blending
  25. 25.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) above the object (b) on the right side (c) inside the object (d) on the left side
  26. 26.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) its shadow on the table (b) the darker half of it (c) the dark shape it throws (d) the brightest spot
  27. 27.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  28. 28.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
  29. 29.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
  30. 30.Which of these is called stippling? (a) lines all one way (b) many parallel lines (c) smudging with a finger (d) dots packed close
  31. 31.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the darker half of it (b) the side away from light (c) where light hits most (d) the dark shape it throws
  32. 32.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the cast shadow. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the cast shadow? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) the brightest spot (c) the darker half of it (d) the side away from light
  34. 34.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) on the right side (b) above the object (c) inside the object (d) on the left side
  35. 35.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) cross-hatching (b) hatching (c) blending (d) stippling
  36. 36.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) stippling (b) blending (c) cross-hatching (d) hatching
  38. 38.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the brightest spot called? (a) highlight (b) shadow side (c) cast shadow
  39. 39.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called stippling. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. hatching
  2. False
  3. many parallel lines
  4. press harder
  5. False
  6. cast shadow
  7. False
  8. True
  9. light value
  10. True
  11. its shadow on the table
  12. False
  13. False
  14. True
  15. cast shadow
  16. True
  17. the brightest spot
  18. True
  19. shadow side
  20. False
  21. cross-hatching
  22. True
  23. False
  24. stippling
  25. on the right side
  26. the darker half of it
  27. light value
  28. dark value
  29. highlight
  30. dots packed close
  31. where light hits most
  32. False
  33. the dark shape it throws
  34. on the left side
  35. stippling
  36. False
  37. blending
  38. highlight
  39. False
  40. False

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