Still life

What is a still life?

• A painting/drawing of battle scenes

• A painting/drawing of famous people

• A painting/drawing of birds flying in the air

• A painting/drawing of inanimate objects

Which of these would NOT be found in a still life painting?

• Book

• Skull

• Beach

• Flower

How long have people been painting still lifes?

• 10 years

• Thousands of years

• Hundreds of years

• 50 years

Which of these includes objects that tell a story or idea?

• Symbolic still life

• Food scenes

• Animal paintings

• Flower arrangements

_______ is the arrangement of objects in an artwork

• Lighting

• Perspective

• Subject matter

• Composition

A still life can be in the form of collage too.

• True

• False

What should you do first when you start a still life?

• Block the darkest tone out

• Draw the outline of the objects and their shadows

• Draw the small details in the objects

• Shade the background

We should draw the lines of a grid as hard as we can.

• True.

• False.

Why should we draw the gridlines lightly?

• So that we cannot see them while we are drawing

• So that we do not waste energy pressing on the pencil

• So that they are easy to erase after you use them

Using a grid to draw our still life is compulsory.

• Yes

• No