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