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