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