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