Paint Brush Care Worksheet
Artist's tip (Clean, gentle, dry): Palette – mixing; water pot – rinsing; easel – holding the board; masking tape – holding paper flat; sponge – dabbing textures. Round brush – fine lines and details; flat brush – wide, straight strokes. Good care: rinse, wash with mild soap, reshape, dry bristles up. Bad: leaving it in water, dried paint, scrubbing, standing on its bristles.
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- 1.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 2.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) drying bristles up (c) washing with mild soap (d) standing on its bristles
- 3.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) standing on its bristles (c) drying bristles up (d) scrubbing hard on paper
- 4.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) with paint on it (b) in the water pot (c) bristles down (d) bristles up or flat
- 5.What do we use an easel for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) holding a board upright (c) rinsing brushes (d) giving a pencil a point
- 6.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) round brush (b) sharpener (c) palette (d) flat brush
- 7.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) standing on its bristles (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) rinsing between colours
- 8.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) reshaping the tip (c) leaving it in water (d) washing with mild soap
- 10.What do we use a water pot for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) mixing colours (c) wide, straight strokes (d) holding paper flat
- 11.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) rinsing between colours (d) reshaping the tip
- 12.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) round brush (b) masking tape (c) sponge (d) water pot
- 13.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) sponge (b) sharpener (c) masking tape (d) round brush
- 14.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) rinsing between colours (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) letting paint dry on it
- 16.What do we use a sponge for? (a) mixing colours (b) dabbing soft textures (c) wide, straight strokes (d) fine lines and details
- 17.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a sponge (b) a big roller (c) a wide flat brush (d) a small round brush
- 18.True or false: standing on its bristles is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 19.What do we use a round brush for? (a) mixing colours (b) holding a board upright (c) wide, straight strokes (d) fine lines and details
- 20.What do we use a palette for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) mixing colours (c) wide, straight strokes (d) fine lines and details
- 21.What do we use masking tape for? (a) holding paper flat (b) wide, straight strokes (c) dabbing soft textures (d) rinsing brushes
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) reshaping the tip (c) letting paint dry on it (d) drying bristles up
- 23.True or false: leaving it in water is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: we use a water pot for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
- 25.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) wide, straight strokes (c) dabbing soft textures (d) rinsing brushes
- 26.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) sharpener (b) palette (c) flat brush (d) sponge
- 27.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 28.True or false: we use a sponge for wide, straight strokes. (a) True (b) False
- 29.True or false: we use a round brush for fine lines and details. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) water pot (b) sponge (c) palette (d) sharpener
- 31.True or false: letting paint dry on it is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
- 32.True or false: we use a flat brush for wide, straight strokes. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: we use a round brush for holding a board upright. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) standing on its bristles (c) drying bristles up (d) letting paint dry on it
- 35.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a wide flat brush (b) a small round brush (c) a toothpick (d) a pencil
- 36.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) sharpener (b) sponge (c) masking tape (d) palette
- 37.True or false: we use a palette for mixing colours. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: rinsing between colours is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) round brush (b) sharpener (c) flat brush (d) easel
- 40.Which of these is good brush care? (a) reshaping the tip (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) letting paint dry on it (d) leaving it in water
Answer key
- bad for the brush
- standing on its bristles
- drying bristles up
- bristles up or flat
- holding a board upright
- palette
- rinsing between colours
- False
- leaving it in water
- rinsing brushes
- scrubbing hard on paper
- water pot
- sponge
- good brush care
- rinsing between colours
- dabbing soft textures
- a small round brush
- False
- fine lines and details
- mixing colours
- holding paper flat
- letting paint dry on it
- False
- False
- wide, straight strokes
- flat brush
- good brush care
- False
- True
- sharpener
- False
- True
- False
- drying bristles up
- a wide flat brush
- masking tape
- True
- True
- easel
- reshaping the tip
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