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Paint Brush Care Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 15: Brushes, tools and brush care · Set 466 · 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.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  2. 2.True or false: we use a sharpener for giving a pencil a point. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: we use an easel for holding paper flat. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.What do we use a water pot for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) holding a board upright (c) giving a pencil a point (d) fine lines and details
  6. 6.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) glue (b) hot oil (c) water and mild soap (d) sand
  7. 7.What do we use a palette for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) mixing colours (c) wide, straight strokes (d) holding paper flat
  8. 8.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) flat brush (b) sharpener (c) sponge (d) water pot
  9. 9.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) easel (b) water pot (c) round brush (d) masking tape
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) letting paint dry on it (c) reshaping the tip (d) washing with mild soap
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) letting paint dry on it (d) standing on its bristles
  12. 12.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) flat brush (b) easel (c) round brush (d) palette
  13. 13.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  14. 14.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  15. 15.True or false: we use a flat brush for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: reshaping the tip is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) washing with mild soap (c) letting paint dry on it (d) scrubbing hard on paper
  18. 18.Which of these is good brush care? (a) drying bristles up (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) standing on its bristles (d) letting paint dry on it
  19. 19.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) masking tape (b) easel (c) sponge (d) water pot
  20. 20.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) in the water pot (b) with paint on it (c) bristles down (d) bristles up or flat
  21. 21.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) drying bristles up (b) washing with mild soap (c) leaving it in water (d) rinsing between colours
  22. 22.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) rinsing between colours (c) standing on its bristles (d) letting paint dry on it
  23. 23.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) reshaping the tip (c) standing on its bristles (d) leaving it in water
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) washing with mild soap (c) leaving it in water (d) drying bristles up
  25. 25.True or false: washing with mild soap is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.What do we use an easel for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) fine lines and details (c) holding a board upright (d) wide, straight strokes
  27. 27.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) masking tape (b) sharpener (c) palette (d) easel
  28. 28.True or false: reshaping the tip is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: we use masking tape for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: we use a flat brush for wide, straight strokes. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.What do we use masking tape for? (a) holding paper flat (b) holding a board upright (c) giving a pencil a point (d) rinsing brushes
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) leaving it in water (c) letting paint dry on it (d) drying bristles up
  33. 33.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) masking tape (b) sharpener (c) water pot (d) round brush
  34. 34.True or false: we use masking tape for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing on its bristles (b) leaving it in water (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) washing with mild soap
  36. 36.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) holding a board upright (b) rinsing brushes (c) wide, straight strokes (d) dabbing soft textures
  37. 37.What do we use a round brush for? (a) fine lines and details (b) giving a pencil a point (c) mixing colours (d) holding paper flat
  38. 38.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) water pot (b) palette (c) masking tape (d) flat brush
  39. 39.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) drying bristles up (b) reshaping the tip (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) washing with mild soap
  40. 40.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) water pot (b) masking tape (c) flat brush (d) round brush

Answer key

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

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