Paint Brush Care Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 15: Brushes, tools and brush care · Set 211 · 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.True or false: we use a round brush for fine lines and details. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: we use a round brush for giving a pencil a point. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.What do we use masking tape for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) holding paper flat (c) wide, straight strokes (d) holding a board upright
4. 4.True or false: reshaping the tip is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.What do we use an easel for? (a) fine lines and details (b) mixing colours (c) holding a board upright (d) giving a pencil a point
6. 6.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles down (b) bristles up or flat (c) with paint on it (d) in the water pot
7. 7.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) sharpener (b) easel (c) masking tape (d) sponge
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) washing with mild soap (b) rinsing between colours (c) reshaping the tip (d) leaving it in water
9. 9.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
10. 10.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a pencil (b) a toothpick (c) a wide flat brush (d) a small round brush
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) letting paint dry on it (c) drying bristles up (d) reshaping the tip
12. 12.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) leaving it in water (c) washing with mild soap (d) letting paint dry on it
14. 14.What do we use a round brush for? (a) mixing colours (b) wide, straight strokes (c) rinsing brushes (d) fine lines and details
15. 15.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) rinsing between colours (b) standing on its bristles (c) reshaping the tip (d) washing with mild soap
16. 16.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a wide flat brush (b) a small round brush (c) a big roller (d) a sponge
17. 17.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) palette (b) round brush (c) flat brush (d) sponge
18. 18.True or false: we use a palette for mixing colours. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
20. 20.True or false: letting paint dry on it is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) leaving it in water (c) drying bristles up (d) washing with mild soap
22. 22.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) leaving it in water (c) washing with mild soap (d) standing on its bristles
23. 23.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) palette (b) water pot (c) sharpener (d) sponge
24. 24.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) rinsing between colours (c) letting paint dry on it (d) scrubbing hard on paper
25. 25.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) water and mild soap (b) glue (c) sand (d) hot oil
26. 26.What do we use a sponge for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) wide, straight strokes (c) dabbing soft textures (d) holding paper flat
27. 27.True or false: washing with mild soap is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: letting paint dry on it is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) washing with mild soap (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) reshaping the tip
30. 30.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) water pot (b) masking tape (c) easel (d) sharpener
31. 31.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) drying bristles up (d) leaving it in water
32. 32.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) drying bristles up (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) reshaping the tip (d) washing with mild soap
33. 33.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) mixing colours (b) rinsing brushes (c) holding paper flat (d) wide, straight strokes
34. 34.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
35. 35.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
36. 36.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) flat brush (b) sharpener (c) masking tape (d) round brush
37. 37.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
38. 38.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
39. 39.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) easel (b) sponge (c) flat brush (d) masking tape
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) rinsing between colours (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) standing on its bristles

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