Paint Brush Care Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 15: Brushes, tools and brush care · Set 141 · 40 questions

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.

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

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