Paint Brush Care Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 15: Brushes, tools and brush care · Set 479 · 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.True or false: reshaping the tip is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
3. 3.What do we use masking tape for? (a) mixing colours (b) giving a pencil a point (c) holding paper flat (d) fine lines and details
4. 4.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) leaving it in water (c) reshaping the tip (d) standing on its bristles
5. 5.What do we use a sponge for? (a) holding a board upright (b) giving a pencil a point (c) dabbing soft textures (d) mixing colours
6. 6.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) round brush (b) palette (c) sharpener (d) sponge
7. 7.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) sharpener (b) easel (c) palette (d) round brush
8. 8.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) rinsing between colours (c) letting paint dry on it (d) standing on its bristles
9. 9.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
10. 10.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) flat brush (b) palette (c) easel (d) water pot
11. 11.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
12. 12.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) reshaping the tip (c) drying bristles up (d) letting paint dry on it
13. 13.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) sponge (b) palette (c) flat brush (d) masking tape
14. 14.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) rinsing between colours (c) leaving it in water (d) reshaping the tip
15. 15.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) fine lines and details (b) rinsing brushes (c) wide, straight strokes (d) giving a pencil a point
16. 16.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a small round brush (b) a toothpick (c) a wide flat brush (d) a pencil
17. 17.True or false: we use a palette for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) easel (b) masking tape (c) water pot (d) sharpener
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) washing with mild soap (c) standing on its bristles (d) letting paint dry on it
20. 20.🔍 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
21. 21.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) masking tape (b) flat brush (c) round brush (d) palette
22. 22.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
23. 23.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles down (b) with paint on it (c) bristles up or flat (d) in the water pot
24. 24.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) sand (b) hot oil (c) glue (d) water and mild soap
25. 25.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a sponge (b) a small round brush (c) a wide flat brush (d) a big roller
26. 26.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
27. 27.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) round brush (b) easel (c) palette (d) sponge
28. 28.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) leaving it in water (c) washing with mild soap (d) standing on its bristles
29. 29.True or false: we use a round brush for holding paper flat. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: washing with mild soap is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) standing on its bristles (c) letting paint dry on it (d) drying bristles up
32. 32.What do we use an easel for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) wide, straight strokes (c) mixing colours (d) holding a board upright
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) washing with mild soap (b) drying bristles up (c) standing on its bristles (d) reshaping the tip
34. 34.True or false: standing on its bristles is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
37. 37.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) standing on its bristles (c) drying bristles up (d) scrubbing hard on paper
39. 39.True or false: we use masking tape for holding paper flat. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush

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