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Paint Brush Care Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 15: Brushes, tools and brush care · Set 439 · 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 of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) rinsing between colours (d) drying bristles up
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) reshaping the tip (c) washing with mild soap (d) leaving it in water
  3. 3.True or false: we use a water pot for giving a pencil a point. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) reshaping the tip (c) letting paint dry on it (d) rinsing between colours
  5. 5.What do we use a palette for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) mixing colours (c) holding paper flat (d) rinsing brushes
  6. 6.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) masking tape (b) flat brush (c) sharpener (d) easel
  7. 7.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) holding a board upright (c) holding paper flat (d) fine lines and details
  8. 8.True or false: letting paint dry on it is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) rinsing between colours (b) washing with mild soap (c) standing on its bristles (d) reshaping the tip
  10. 10.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  11. 11.True or false: we use a sharpener for giving a pencil a point. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) rinsing between colours (b) reshaping the tip (c) drying bristles up (d) leaving it in water
  13. 13.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
  14. 14.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) sharpener (b) masking tape (c) easel (d) sponge
  15. 15.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) sand (b) glue (c) hot oil (d) water and mild soap
  16. 16.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) leaving it in water (c) standing on its bristles (d) rinsing between colours
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing on its bristles (b) rinsing between colours (c) letting paint dry on it (d) leaving it in water
  18. 18.True or false: we use masking tape for holding paper flat. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: reshaping the tip is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) holding a board upright (b) wide, straight strokes (c) rinsing brushes (d) giving a pencil a point
  21. 21.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) washing with mild soap (d) leaving it in water
  22. 22.True or false: we use a sharpener for fine lines and details. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: rinsing between colours is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: we use an easel for holding a board upright. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: drying bristles up is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.What do we use masking tape for? (a) holding paper flat (b) fine lines and details (c) mixing colours (d) giving a pencil a point
  28. 28.True or false: we use a sponge for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: standing on its bristles is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) washing with mild soap (b) drying bristles up (c) rinsing between colours (d) letting paint dry on it
  31. 31.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
  32. 32.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) masking tape (b) flat brush (c) sponge (d) round brush
  33. 33.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  34. 34.True or false: we use a round brush for fine lines and details. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  36. 36.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) water pot (b) flat brush (c) round brush (d) sponge
  37. 37.True or false: we use a water pot for mixing colours. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) round brush (b) flat brush (c) masking tape (d) water pot
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) washing with mild soap (d) rinsing between colours
  40. 40.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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