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Paint Brush Care Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 15: Brushes, tools and brush care · Set 512 · 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 art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) round brush (b) masking tape (c) sponge (d) sharpener
  2. 2.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) mixing colours (b) giving a pencil a point (c) holding paper flat (d) wide, straight strokes
  3. 3.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  4. 4.What do we use masking tape for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) wide, straight strokes (c) mixing colours (d) holding paper flat
  5. 5.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) standing on its bristles (b) drying bristles up (c) rinsing between colours (d) reshaping the tip
  6. 6.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) palette (b) flat brush (c) easel (d) masking tape
  7. 7.True or false: we use a flat brush for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: we use a palette for mixing colours. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: washing with mild soap is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.What do we use a palette for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) dabbing soft textures (c) mixing colours (d) holding paper flat
  11. 11.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) hot oil (b) water and mild soap (c) glue (d) sand
  12. 12.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) palette (b) sponge (c) sharpener (d) easel
  13. 13.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) rinsing between colours (c) standing on its bristles (d) scrubbing hard on paper
  14. 14.True or false: letting paint dry on it is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) washing with mild soap (c) letting paint dry on it (d) leaving it in water
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) washing with mild soap (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) rinsing between colours (d) reshaping the tip
  17. 17.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) water pot (b) flat brush (c) round brush (d) sponge
  18. 18.What do we use a round brush for? (a) holding paper flat (b) fine lines and details (c) rinsing brushes (d) wide, straight strokes
  19. 19.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) wide, straight strokes (c) mixing colours (d) fine lines and details
  20. 20.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) reshaping the tip (c) leaving it in water (d) letting paint dry on it
  21. 21.True or false: we use a palette for wide, straight strokes. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.What do we use a sponge for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) rinsing brushes (c) holding a board upright (d) dabbing soft textures
  23. 23.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) masking tape (b) palette (c) round brush (d) flat brush
  24. 24.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) water pot (b) sponge (c) masking tape (d) palette
  26. 26.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  28. 28.True or false: we use a flat brush for giving a pencil a point. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: reshaping the tip is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) sharpener (b) sponge (c) easel (d) palette
  31. 31.True or false: we use a sharpener for fine lines and details. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: rinsing between colours is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  34. 34.What do we use an easel for? (a) mixing colours (b) dabbing soft textures (c) holding a board upright (d) rinsing brushes
  35. 35.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  36. 36.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: we use masking tape for holding paper flat. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) leaving it in water (c) drying bristles up (d) letting paint dry on it
  40. 40.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) drying bristles up (c) letting paint dry on it (d) rinsing between colours

Answer key

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

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