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.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 2.True or false: we use a sharpener for giving a pencil a point. (a) False (b) True
- 3.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 4.True or false: we use an easel for holding paper flat. (a) False (b) True
- 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.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) glue (b) hot oil (c) water and mild soap (d) sand
- 7.What do we use a palette for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) mixing colours (c) wide, straight strokes (d) holding paper flat
- 8.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) flat brush (b) sharpener (c) sponge (d) water pot
- 9.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) easel (b) water pot (c) round brush (d) masking tape
- 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.🔍 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.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) flat brush (b) easel (c) round brush (d) palette
- 13.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 14.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
- 15.True or false: we use a flat brush for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: reshaping the tip is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 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.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.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) masking tape (b) easel (c) sponge (d) water pot
- 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.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.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.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.🔍 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.True or false: washing with mild soap is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
- 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.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) masking tape (b) sharpener (c) palette (d) easel
- 28.True or false: reshaping the tip is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
- 29.True or false: we use masking tape for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: we use a flat brush for wide, straight strokes. (a) True (b) False
- 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.🔍 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.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) masking tape (b) sharpener (c) water pot (d) round brush
- 34.True or false: we use masking tape for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
- 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.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.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.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) water pot (b) palette (c) masking tape (d) flat brush
- 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.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) water pot (b) masking tape (c) flat brush (d) round brush
Answer key
- good brush care
- True
- False
- False
- rinsing brushes
- water and mild soap
- mixing colours
- water pot
- round brush
- letting paint dry on it
- rinsing between colours
- easel
- bad for the brush
- good brush care
- False
- False
- washing with mild soap
- drying bristles up
- sponge
- bristles up or flat
- leaving it in water
- rinsing between colours
- reshaping the tip
- leaving it in water
- False
- holding a board upright
- palette
- True
- False
- True
- holding paper flat
- drying bristles up
- sharpener
- False
- washing with mild soap
- wide, straight strokes
- fine lines and details
- masking tape
- scrubbing hard on paper
- flat brush
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