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