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