Paint Brush Care Worksheet

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

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