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