Shading Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 12: Light, shadow and shading · Set 818 · 40 questions

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.

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

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