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.
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- 1.Which of these subjects makes a still life? (a) a smiling friend (b) waves and a beach (c) your grandma’s face (d) shoes on a table
- 2.📄 To draw a tall palm tree, which way should you hold your paper? (a) portrait (tall) (b) landscape (wide)
- 3.📄 Paper held with its long side going up and down is in… (a) square shape (b) portrait shape (c) landscape shape
- 4.True or false: a painting of mountains at sunrise is a landscape. (a) True (b) False
- 5.📄 Paper held with its long side going across is in… (a) square shape (b) portrait shape (c) landscape shape
- 6.Which of these subjects makes a seascape? (a) your grandma’s face (b) boats on the open sea (c) flowers in a vase (d) shoes on a table
- 7.Which of these subjects makes a seascape? (a) waves and a beach (b) a forest path (c) tall city buildings (d) hills and a river
- 8.True or false: a painting of a king on his throne is a portrait. (a) False (b) True
- 9.Which of these subjects makes a cityscape? (a) tall city buildings (b) a village with fields (c) a smiling friend (d) flowers in a vase
- 10.Which of these subjects makes a portrait? (a) shoes on a table (b) a smiling friend (c) waves and a beach (d) a bowl of fruit
- 11.Which of these subjects makes a landscape? (a) shoes on a table (b) a king on his throne (c) a bowl of fruit (d) hills and a river
- 12.Which of these subjects makes a cityscape? (a) a busy city skyline (b) flowers in a vase (c) a smiling friend (d) your grandma’s face
- 13.True or false: a painting of a smiling friend is a portrait. (a) False (b) True
- 14.True or false: a wide beach fits landscape (wide) paper. (a) True (b) False
- 15.📄 To draw a standing person, which way should you hold your paper? (a) portrait (tall) (b) landscape (wide)
- 16.🖼️ Art that uses shapes and colours instead of real things is called… (a) a landscape (b) still life (c) abstract art (d) a portrait
- 17.🖼️ A painting of a teapot and cups is which kind of painting? (a) a portrait (b) a still life (c) a seascape (d) a cityscape
- 18.Which of these subjects makes a portrait? (a) flowers in a vase (b) your grandma’s face (c) boats on the open sea (d) shoes on a table
- 19.🖼️ A painting of a king on his throne is which kind of painting? (a) a seascape (b) a landscape (c) a cityscape (d) a portrait
- 20.True or false: a standing person fits landscape (wide) paper. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🖼️ A painting of shoes on a table is which kind of painting? (a) a cityscape (b) a portrait (c) a seascape (d) a still life
- 22.🖼️ A picture an artist makes of himself or herself is a… (a) seascape (b) landscape (c) self-portrait (d) still life
- 23.True or false: a painting of hills and a river is a landscape. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: a painting of a king on his throne is a cityscape. (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: a wide beach fits portrait (tall) paper. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🖼️ A painting of a forest path is which kind of painting? (a) a portrait (b) a landscape (c) a still life (d) a seascape
- 27.True or false: a row of houses fits portrait (tall) paper. (a) True (b) False
- 28.True or false: a painting of your grandma’s face is a still life. (a) True (b) False
- 29.📄 To draw a long train, which way should you hold your paper? (a) portrait (tall) (b) landscape (wide)
- 30.📄 To draw a row of houses, which way should you hold your paper? (a) landscape (wide) (b) portrait (tall)
- 31.🖼️ A painting of a village with fields is which kind of painting? (a) a seascape (b) a cityscape (c) a still life (d) a landscape
- 32.Which of these subjects makes a landscape? (a) a busy city skyline (b) tall city buildings (c) a village with fields (d) a teapot and cups
- 33.True or false: a standing person fits portrait (tall) paper. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: a painting of a forest path is a landscape. (a) True (b) False
- 35.Which of these subjects makes a still life? (a) tall city buildings (b) flowers in a vase (c) waves and a beach (d) a smiling friend
- 36.True or false: a painting of tall city buildings is a landscape. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🖼️ A painting of hills and a river is which kind of painting? (a) a seascape (b) a landscape (c) a still life (d) a cityscape
- 38.True or false: a row of houses fits landscape (wide) paper. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: a painting of flowers in a vase is a still life. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🖼️ A painting of flowers in a vase is which kind of painting? (a) a still life (b) a cityscape (c) a landscape (d) a portrait
Answer key
- shoes on a table
- portrait (tall)
- portrait shape
- True
- landscape shape
- boats on the open sea
- waves and a beach
- True
- tall city buildings
- a smiling friend
- hills and a river
- a busy city skyline
- True
- True
- portrait (tall)
- abstract art
- a still life
- your grandma’s face
- a portrait
- False
- a still life
- self-portrait
- True
- False
- False
- a landscape
- False
- False
- landscape (wide)
- landscape (wide)
- a landscape
- a village with fields
- True
- True
- flowers in a vase
- False
- a landscape
- True
- True
- a still life
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