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Art and painting lesson 19: Portrait, landscape and still life · Set 302 · 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.True or false: a painting of a king on his throne is a portrait. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🖼️ A painting of flowers in a vase is which kind of painting? (a) a still life (b) a cityscape (c) a portrait (d) a seascape
  3. 3.📄 To draw a row of houses, which way should you hold your paper? (a) portrait (tall) (b) landscape (wide)
  4. 4.📄 To draw a tall palm tree, which way should you hold your paper? (a) landscape (wide) (b) portrait (tall)
  5. 5.Which of these subjects makes a portrait? (a) shoes on a table (b) a busy city skyline (c) a smiling friend (d) a village with fields
  6. 6.Which of these subjects makes a still life? (a) a village with fields (b) boats on the open sea (c) mountains at sunrise (d) a bowl of fruit
  7. 7.True or false: a painting of a smiling friend is a seascape. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these subjects makes a landscape? (a) a smiling friend (b) boats on the open sea (c) your grandma’s face (d) hills and a river
  9. 9.Which of these subjects makes a cityscape? (a) tall city buildings (b) a bowl of fruit (c) hills and a river (d) shoes on a table
  10. 10.🖼️ A painting of shoes on a table is which kind of painting? (a) a landscape (b) a still life (c) a seascape (d) a portrait
  11. 11.📄 To draw a long train, which way should you hold your paper? (a) portrait (tall) (b) landscape (wide)
  12. 12.🖼️ A painting of a smiling friend is which kind of painting? (a) a portrait (b) a landscape (c) a seascape (d) a still life
  13. 13.True or false: a tall palm tree fits portrait (tall) paper. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🖼️ A painting of your grandma’s face is which kind of painting? (a) a portrait (b) a landscape (c) a cityscape (d) a still life
  15. 15.📄 To draw a tall tower, which way should you hold your paper? (a) landscape (wide) (b) portrait (tall)
  16. 16.Which of these subjects makes a landscape? (a) your grandma’s face (b) tall city buildings (c) a forest path (d) a smiling friend
  17. 17.📄 Paper held with its long side going across is in… (a) landscape shape (b) portrait shape (c) square shape
  18. 18.Which of these subjects makes a seascape? (a) mountains at sunrise (b) a smiling friend (c) boats on the open sea (d) hills and a river
  19. 19.🖼️ A painting of boats on the open sea is which kind of painting? (a) a still life (b) a portrait (c) a landscape (d) a seascape
  20. 20.True or false: a wide beach fits landscape (wide) paper. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: a wide beach fits portrait (tall) paper. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🖼️ A painting of hills and a river is which kind of painting? (a) a landscape (b) a seascape (c) a portrait (d) a still life
  23. 23.True or false: a painting of flowers in a vase is a still life. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: a painting of flowers in a vase is a seascape. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a row of houses fits landscape (wide) paper. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📄 Paper held with its long side going up and down is in… (a) square shape (b) landscape shape (c) portrait shape
  27. 27.🖼️ Art that uses shapes and colours instead of real things is called… (a) a portrait (b) abstract art (c) still life (d) a landscape
  28. 28.📄 To draw a standing person, which way should you hold your paper? (a) portrait (tall) (b) landscape (wide)
  29. 29.True or false: a painting of waves and a beach is a seascape. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🖼️ A painting of tall city buildings is which kind of painting? (a) a seascape (b) a cityscape (c) a landscape (d) a portrait
  31. 31.Which of these subjects makes a portrait? (a) hills and a river (b) your grandma’s face (c) shoes on a table (d) flowers in a vase
  32. 32.🖼️ A picture an artist makes of himself or herself is a… (a) seascape (b) landscape (c) self-portrait (d) still life
  33. 33.🍎 A still life shows… (a) objects that do not move (b) a person’s face (c) the sea (d) a wide scene
  34. 34.True or false: a standing person fits landscape (wide) paper. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a painting of hills and a river is a still life. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🖼️ A painting of a village with fields is which kind of painting? (a) a cityscape (b) a landscape (c) a still life (d) a seascape
  37. 37.True or false: a painting of tall city buildings is a portrait. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: a painting of a bowl of fruit is a still life. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: a painting of waves and a beach is a portrait. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these subjects makes a portrait? (a) a bowl of fruit (b) tall city buildings (c) a king on his throne (d) a forest path

Answer key

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

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