Portrait, Landscape and Still Life Worksheet
Artist's tip (What is the subject?): Portrait = a person; landscape = land and nature; still life = objects on a table. Seascape = the sea; cityscape = a city; abstract art uses shapes and colours instead of real things. Tall subject → portrait (tall) paper; wide subject → landscape (wide) paper.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.Which of these subjects makes a seascape? (a) a village with fields (b) a king on his throne (c) a bowl of fruit (d) waves and a beach
- 2.True or false: a painting of waves and a beach is a landscape. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🖼️ A painting of mountains at sunrise is which kind of painting? (a) a portrait (b) a seascape (c) a landscape (d) a cityscape
- 4.Which of these subjects makes a still life? (a) a smiling friend (b) boats on the open sea (c) a village with fields (d) a teapot and cups
- 5.True or false: a painting of a bowl of fruit is a seascape. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🍎 A still life shows… (a) objects that do not move (b) a person’s face (c) a wide scene (d) the sea
- 7.🖼️ A painting of a village with fields is which kind of painting? (a) a still life (b) a portrait (c) a landscape (d) a cityscape
- 8.True or false: a painting of tall city buildings is a landscape. (a) True (b) False
- 9.True or false: a painting of hills and a river is a seascape. (a) False (b) True
- 10.True or false: a tall tower fits landscape (wide) paper. (a) False (b) True
- 11.📄 To draw a standing person, which way should you hold your paper? (a) portrait (tall) (b) landscape (wide)
- 12.🖼️ A painting of waves and a beach is which kind of painting? (a) a still life (b) a portrait (c) a seascape (d) a landscape
- 13.Which of these subjects makes a portrait? (a) hills and a river (b) your grandma’s face (c) a teapot and cups (d) a busy city skyline
- 14.True or false: a standing person fits landscape (wide) paper. (a) True (b) False
- 15.📄 To draw a row of houses, which way should you hold your paper? (a) portrait (tall) (b) landscape (wide)
- 16.True or false: a row of houses fits landscape (wide) paper. (a) True (b) False
- 17.📄 Paper held with its long side going up and down is in… (a) portrait shape (b) landscape shape (c) square shape
- 18.Which of these subjects makes a cityscape? (a) tall city buildings (b) a smiling friend (c) your grandma’s face (d) hills and a river
- 19.🖼️ A painting of a teapot and cups is which kind of painting? (a) a landscape (b) a portrait (c) a cityscape (d) a still life
- 20.📄 To draw a long train, which way should you hold your paper? (a) landscape (wide) (b) portrait (tall)
- 21.Which of these subjects makes a portrait? (a) shoes on a table (b) a king on his throne (c) a bowl of fruit (d) a village with fields
- 22.True or false: a long train fits portrait (tall) paper. (a) True (b) False
- 23.📄 To draw a wide beach, which way should you hold your paper? (a) landscape (wide) (b) portrait (tall)
- 24.🖼️ A picture an artist makes of himself or herself is a… (a) still life (b) landscape (c) seascape (d) self-portrait
- 25.Which of these subjects makes a landscape? (a) boats on the open sea (b) mountains at sunrise (c) a busy city skyline (d) a smiling friend
- 26.🖼️ A painting of a smiling friend is which kind of painting? (a) a still life (b) a portrait (c) a landscape (d) a cityscape
- 27.📄 To draw a tall tower, which way should you hold your paper? (a) portrait (tall) (b) landscape (wide)
- 28.🖼️ A painting of flowers in a vase is which kind of painting? (a) a seascape (b) a portrait (c) a still life (d) a landscape
- 29.🖼️ A painting of hills and a river is which kind of painting? (a) a seascape (b) a still life (c) a portrait (d) a landscape
- 30.🖼️ A painting of a forest path is which kind of painting? (a) a still life (b) a portrait (c) a cityscape (d) a landscape
- 31.Which of these subjects makes a landscape? (a) a busy city skyline (b) shoes on a table (c) boats on the open sea (d) hills and a river
- 32.True or false: a painting of flowers in a vase is a still life. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: a painting of your grandma’s face is a cityscape. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: a painting of hills and a river is a landscape. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: a tall tower fits portrait (tall) paper. (a) False (b) True
- 36.Which of these subjects makes a still life? (a) a king on his throne (b) a forest path (c) a village with fields (d) a bowl of fruit
- 37.True or false: a wide beach fits portrait (tall) paper. (a) True (b) False
- 38.Which of these subjects makes a landscape? (a) a bowl of fruit (b) a village with fields (c) a smiling friend (d) a king on his throne
- 39.Which of these subjects makes a portrait? (a) a smiling friend (b) tall city buildings (c) a forest path (d) hills and a river
- 40.📄 Paper held with its long side going across is in… (a) landscape shape (b) square shape (c) portrait shape
Answer key
- waves and a beach
- False
- a landscape
- a teapot and cups
- False
- objects that do not move
- a landscape
- False
- False
- False
- portrait (tall)
- a seascape
- your grandma’s face
- False
- landscape (wide)
- True
- portrait shape
- tall city buildings
- a still life
- landscape (wide)
- a king on his throne
- False
- landscape (wide)
- self-portrait
- mountains at sunrise
- a portrait
- portrait (tall)
- a still life
- a landscape
- a landscape
- hills and a river
- True
- False
- True
- True
- a bowl of fruit
- False
- a village with fields
- a smiling friend
- landscape shape
Free art and painting lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/art-for-kids