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