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Art and painting lesson 19: Portrait, landscape and still life · Set 363 · 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) shoes on a table (b) a king on his throne (c) your grandma’s face (d) waves and a beach
  2. 2.🍎 A still life shows… (a) a person’s face (b) a wide scene (c) the sea (d) objects that do not move
  3. 3.Which of these subjects makes a landscape? (a) your grandma’s face (b) mountains at sunrise (c) flowers in a vase (d) a bowl of fruit
  4. 4.Which of these subjects makes a landscape? (a) a teapot and cups (b) tall city buildings (c) waves and a beach (d) hills and a river
  5. 5.True or false: a painting of hills and a river is a landscape. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: a painting of tall city buildings is a landscape. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: a painting of a bowl of fruit is a portrait. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🖼️ A picture an artist makes of himself or herself is a… (a) seascape (b) landscape (c) still life (d) self-portrait
  9. 9.📄 To draw a row of houses, which way should you hold your paper? (a) portrait (tall) (b) landscape (wide)
  10. 10.📄 To draw a long train, which way should you hold your paper? (a) portrait (tall) (b) landscape (wide)
  11. 11.True or false: a tall palm tree fits landscape (wide) paper. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: a wide beach fits portrait (tall) paper. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📄 To draw a tall tower, which way should you hold your paper? (a) landscape (wide) (b) portrait (tall)
  14. 14.True or false: a painting of tall city buildings is a cityscape. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these subjects makes a landscape? (a) a king on his throne (b) a smiling friend (c) a village with fields (d) a bowl of fruit
  16. 16.📄 Paper held with its long side going up and down is in… (a) square shape (b) landscape shape (c) portrait shape
  17. 17.🖼️ A painting of flowers in a vase is which kind of painting? (a) a still life (b) a landscape (c) a portrait (d) a cityscape
  18. 18.🖼️ A painting of a smiling friend is which kind of painting? (a) a cityscape (b) a portrait (c) a seascape (d) a still life
  19. 19.🖼️ A painting of waves and a beach is which kind of painting? (a) a cityscape (b) a still life (c) a seascape (d) a portrait
  20. 20.📄 To draw a tall palm tree, which way should you hold your paper? (a) landscape (wide) (b) portrait (tall)
  21. 21.Which of these subjects makes a portrait? (a) boats on the open sea (b) a bowl of fruit (c) a forest path (d) a smiling friend
  22. 22.True or false: a painting of mountains at sunrise is a seascape. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these subjects makes a portrait? (a) a teapot and cups (b) a village with fields (c) your grandma’s face (d) shoes on a table
  24. 24.True or false: a painting of a bowl of fruit is a still life. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these subjects makes a still life? (a) a teapot and cups (b) hills and a river (c) a smiling friend (d) your grandma’s face
  26. 26.True or false: a painting of shoes on a table is a still life. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🖼️ A painting of a teapot and cups is which kind of painting? (a) a still life (b) a landscape (c) a cityscape (d) a portrait
  28. 28.True or false: a painting of mountains at sunrise is a still life. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🖼️ A painting of tall city buildings is which kind of painting? (a) a landscape (b) a still life (c) a cityscape (d) a portrait
  30. 30.📄 To draw a wide beach, which way should you hold your paper? (a) landscape (wide) (b) portrait (tall)
  31. 31.📄 To draw a standing person, which way should you hold your paper? (a) portrait (tall) (b) landscape (wide)
  32. 32.Which of these subjects makes a cityscape? (a) tall city buildings (b) hills and a river (c) mountains at sunrise (d) a forest path
  33. 33.True or false: a standing person fits portrait (tall) paper. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a row of houses fits landscape (wide) paper. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a painting of boats on the open sea is a seascape. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: a painting of a village with fields is a still life. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: a tall palm tree fits portrait (tall) paper. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these subjects makes a still life? (a) mountains at sunrise (b) a smiling friend (c) a bowl of fruit (d) a king on his throne
  39. 39.True or false: a tall tower fits portrait (tall) paper. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a standing person fits landscape (wide) paper. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. shoes on a table
  2. objects that do not move
  3. mountains at sunrise
  4. hills and a river
  5. True
  6. False
  7. False
  8. self-portrait
  9. landscape (wide)
  10. landscape (wide)
  11. False
  12. False
  13. portrait (tall)
  14. True
  15. a village with fields
  16. portrait shape
  17. a still life
  18. a portrait
  19. a seascape
  20. portrait (tall)
  21. a smiling friend
  22. False
  23. your grandma’s face
  24. True
  25. a teapot and cups
  26. True
  27. a still life
  28. False
  29. a cityscape
  30. landscape (wide)
  31. portrait (tall)
  32. tall city buildings
  33. True
  34. True
  35. True
  36. False
  37. True
  38. a bowl of fruit
  39. True
  40. False

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