Paint Brush Care Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 15: Brushes, tools and brush care · Set 182 · 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) sand (b) hot oil (c) water and mild soap (d) glue
2. 2.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) rinsing between colours (b) reshaping the tip (c) drying bristles up (d) standing on its bristles
3. 3.What do we use an easel for? (a) holding paper flat (b) fine lines and details (c) holding a board upright (d) dabbing soft textures
4. 4.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles down (b) with paint on it (c) in the water pot (d) bristles up or flat
5. 5.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) flat brush (b) masking tape (c) water pot (d) sponge
6. 6.True or false: letting paint dry on it is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
8. 8.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a pencil (b) a small round brush (c) a wide flat brush (d) a toothpick
9. 9.True or false: we use a flat brush for holding paper flat. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: we use a flat brush for wide, straight strokes. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) rinsing between colours (c) reshaping the tip (d) drying bristles up
12. 12.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) round brush (b) easel (c) flat brush (d) masking tape
13. 13.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
14. 14.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) mixing colours (b) giving a pencil a point (c) dabbing soft textures (d) wide, straight strokes
15. 15.What do we use a water pot for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) rinsing brushes (c) giving a pencil a point (d) mixing colours
16. 16.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) flat brush (b) masking tape (c) palette (d) water pot
17. 17.True or false: leaving it in water is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) standing on its bristles (c) reshaping the tip (d) scrubbing hard on paper
19. 19.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) palette (b) water pot (c) easel (d) sharpener
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) rinsing between colours (d) drying bristles up
21. 21.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) drying bristles up (c) letting paint dry on it (d) reshaping the tip
23. 23.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) letting paint dry on it (c) standing on its bristles (d) washing with mild soap
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) reshaping the tip (c) standing on its bristles (d) letting paint dry on it
25. 25.True or false: we use a water pot for wide, straight strokes. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: we use a palette for rinsing brushes. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) palette (b) flat brush (c) sharpener (d) water pot
28. 28.True or false: we use a flat brush for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.What do we use a palette for? (a) mixing colours (b) wide, straight strokes (c) fine lines and details (d) holding a board upright
30. 30.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) rinsing between colours (c) letting paint dry on it (d) reshaping the tip
32. 32.True or false: reshaping the tip is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) sharpener (b) round brush (c) easel (d) flat brush
34. 34.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) giving a pencil a point (c) wide, straight strokes (d) holding a board upright
35. 35.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) rinsing between colours (b) washing with mild soap (c) drying bristles up (d) scrubbing hard on paper
36. 36.What do we use a round brush for? (a) mixing colours (b) rinsing brushes (c) dabbing soft textures (d) fine lines and details
37. 37.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) masking tape (b) flat brush (c) sponge (d) easel
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.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a sponge (b) a big roller (c) a small round brush (d) a wide flat brush
40. 40.True or false: drying bristles up is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True

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