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Shading Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 12: Light, shadow and shading · Set 837 · 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 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
  2. 2.⬜⬛ Does light grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  3. 3.✏️ Which shading method uses lots of tiny dots? (a) stippling (b) hatching (c) cross-hatching (d) blending
  4. 4.💡 On a shaded ball, what is where light hits most called? (a) shadow side (b) cast shadow (c) highlight
  5. 5.⬜⬛ Does pale yellow have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
  6. 6.💡 The light comes from the RIGHT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) above the object (b) inside the object (c) on the right side (d) on the left side
  7. 7.💡 On a shaded ball, what is its shadow on the table called? (a) cast shadow (b) highlight (c) shadow side
  8. 8.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the side away from light (b) the brightest spot (c) its shadow on the table (d) the darker half of it
  9. 9.True or false: light grey has a dark value. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.✏️ Which shading method uses lines all one way? (a) cross-hatching (b) hatching (c) stippling (d) blending
  11. 11.True or false: on a shaded ball, its shadow on the table is called the shadow side. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: shading with smudging with a finger is called blending. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.✏️ Which shading method uses many parallel lines? (a) cross-hatching (b) stippling (c) hatching (d) blending
  14. 14.True or false: dark grey has a dark value. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: on a shaded ball, the dark shape it throws is called the cast shadow. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.⬜⬛ Does white have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  17. 17.💡 The light comes from the LEFT. Where does the cast shadow fall? (a) inside the object (b) above the object (c) on the left side (d) on the right side
  18. 18.✏️ Which shading method uses smudging with a finger? (a) stippling (b) cross-hatching (c) blending (d) hatching
  19. 19.True or false: on a shaded ball, the side away from light is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the highlight? (a) the side away from light (b) its shadow on the table (c) the dark shape it throws (d) where light hits most
  21. 21.Which of these is called blending? (a) dots packed close (b) criss-cross lines (c) lines all one way (d) smooth, soft tones
  22. 22.💡 On a shaded ball, what is the side away from light called? (a) highlight (b) cast shadow (c) shadow side
  23. 23.True or false: shading with criss-cross lines is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: on a shaded ball, where light hits most is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: shading with lines all one way is called blending. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: dark grey has a light value. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) its shadow on the table (b) where light hits most (c) the darker half of it (d) the brightest spot
  28. 28.True or false: shading with lines crossing over is called cross-hatching. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: light grey has a light value. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: white has a light value. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.On a shaded ball, which of these is called the shadow side? (a) the dark shape it throws (b) the brightest spot (c) where light hits most (d) the side away from light
  32. 32.Which of these is called cross-hatching? (a) smudging with a finger (b) lines all one way (c) many parallel lines (d) lines crossing over
  33. 33.⬜⬛ Does dark grey have a light value or a dark value? (a) light value (b) dark value
  34. 34.True or false: on a shaded ball, the darker half of it is called the highlight. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is called hatching? (a) criss-cross lines (b) dots packed close (c) smudging with a finger (d) many parallel lines
  36. 36.✏️ A value scale goes from… (a) white to black (b) red to blue (c) big to small (d) near to far
  37. 37.Which of these is called stippling? (a) smooth, soft tones (b) criss-cross lines (c) many parallel lines (d) dots packed close
  38. 38.⬜⬛ Does navy blue have a light value or a dark value? (a) dark value (b) light value
  39. 39.True or false: on a shaded ball, the brightest spot is called the shadow side. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: shading with many parallel lines is called hatching. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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