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Paint Brush Care Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 15: Brushes, tools and brush care · Set 320 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) washing with mild soap (b) drying bristles up (c) letting paint dry on it (d) rinsing between colours
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) rinsing between colours (c) reshaping the tip (d) standing on its bristles
  3. 3.True or false: washing with mild soap is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.What do we use a palette for? (a) holding a board upright (b) fine lines and details (c) mixing colours (d) dabbing soft textures
  5. 5.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) standing on its bristles (c) washing with mild soap (d) drying bristles up
  6. 6.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) fine lines and details (b) holding a board upright (c) giving a pencil a point (d) rinsing brushes
  7. 7.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  8. 8.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a wide flat brush (b) a big roller (c) a sponge (d) a small round brush
  9. 9.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a wide flat brush (b) a pencil (c) a toothpick (d) a small round brush
  10. 10.🖌️ 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
  11. 11.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) glue (b) water and mild soap (c) sand (d) hot oil
  12. 12.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) leaving it in water (c) rinsing between colours (d) washing with mild soap
  13. 13.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) water pot (b) sharpener (c) masking tape (d) sponge
  14. 14.True or false: letting paint dry on it is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: washing with mild soap is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: we use a sharpener for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) round brush (b) easel (c) sharpener (d) flat brush
  18. 18.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) easel (b) sponge (c) flat brush (d) palette
  19. 19.What do we use a sponge for? (a) fine lines and details (b) holding paper flat (c) dabbing soft textures (d) mixing colours
  20. 20.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) flat brush (b) masking tape (c) water pot (d) sharpener
  21. 21.True or false: rinsing between colours is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: we use a palette for mixing colours. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: reshaping the tip is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) leaving it in water (d) washing with mild soap
  25. 25.What do we use a water pot for? (a) holding paper flat (b) giving a pencil a point (c) mixing colours (d) rinsing brushes
  26. 26.What do we use masking tape for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) wide, straight strokes (c) fine lines and details (d) holding paper flat
  27. 27.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) letting paint dry on it (c) standing on its bristles (d) rinsing between colours
  28. 28.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
  29. 29.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) rinsing brushes (c) fine lines and details (d) holding a board upright
  30. 30.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) flat brush (b) sharpener (c) sponge (d) palette
  31. 31.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  32. 32.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) drying bristles up (c) letting paint dry on it (d) leaving it in water
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) rinsing between colours (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) drying bristles up
  34. 34.True or false: we use a flat brush for wide, straight strokes. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) drying bristles up (b) washing with mild soap (c) reshaping the tip (d) letting paint dry on it
  36. 36.True or false: we use a water pot for dabbing soft textures. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) sharpener (b) easel (c) water pot (d) sponge
  38. 38.True or false: we use a palette for dabbing soft textures. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) round brush (b) sharpener (c) water pot (d) palette
  40. 40.What do we use an easel for? (a) mixing colours (b) fine lines and details (c) holding a board upright (d) wide, straight strokes

Answer key

  1. letting paint dry on it
  2. standing on its bristles
  3. True
  4. mixing colours
  5. standing on its bristles
  6. giving a pencil a point
  7. bad for the brush
  8. a small round brush
  9. a wide flat brush
  10. bristles up or flat
  11. water and mild soap
  12. leaving it in water
  13. masking tape
  14. True
  15. False
  16. False
  17. easel
  18. palette
  19. dabbing soft textures
  20. flat brush
  21. True
  22. True
  23. True
  24. washing with mild soap
  25. rinsing brushes
  26. holding paper flat
  27. rinsing between colours
  28. good brush care
  29. wide, straight strokes
  30. sharpener
  31. good brush care
  32. drying bristles up
  33. scrubbing hard on paper
  34. True
  35. letting paint dry on it
  36. False
  37. water pot
  38. False
  39. round brush
  40. holding a board upright

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