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Art and painting lesson 19: Portrait, landscape and still life · Set 129 · 40 questions
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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.

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

Answer key

  1. a teapot and cups
  2. landscape (wide)
  3. objects that do not move
  4. False
  5. landscape (wide)
  6. portrait (tall)
  7. True
  8. a landscape
  9. your grandma’s face
  10. a busy city skyline
  11. False
  12. True
  13. False
  14. False
  15. a portrait
  16. a bowl of fruit
  17. portrait (tall)
  18. a still life
  19. abstract art
  20. False
  21. True
  22. mountains at sunrise
  23. True
  24. a portrait
  25. landscape shape
  26. a landscape
  27. portrait (tall)
  28. a smiling friend
  29. False
  30. False
  31. True
  32. False
  33. False
  34. True
  35. a seascape
  36. flowers in a vase
  37. False
  38. boats on the open sea
  39. self-portrait
  40. True

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