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Paint Brush Care Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 15: Brushes, tools and brush care · Set 558 · 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.🖌️ 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
  2. 2.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  3. 3.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) leaving it in water (c) letting paint dry on it (d) rinsing between colours
  4. 4.What do we use a water pot for? (a) fine lines and details (b) dabbing soft textures (c) rinsing brushes (d) holding a board upright
  5. 5.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) letting paint dry on it (c) washing with mild soap (d) scrubbing hard on paper
  6. 6.What do we use a palette for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) wide, straight strokes (c) mixing colours (d) holding paper flat
  7. 7.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) easel (b) palette (c) water pot (d) round brush
  8. 8.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) wide, straight strokes (c) giving a pencil a point (d) holding paper flat
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) standing on its bristles (c) drying bristles up (d) reshaping the tip
  10. 10.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) glue (b) water and mild soap (c) hot oil (d) sand
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) letting paint dry on it (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) leaving it in water
  12. 12.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) water pot (b) sharpener (c) palette (d) masking tape
  13. 13.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
  14. 14.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) masking tape (b) easel (c) sponge (d) flat brush
  15. 15.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) sharpener (b) palette (c) flat brush (d) easel
  16. 16.True or false: leaving it in water is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.What do we use a round brush for? (a) mixing colours (b) fine lines and details (c) holding paper flat (d) rinsing brushes
  18. 18.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) water pot (b) easel (c) palette (d) sponge
  19. 19.What do we use masking tape for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) mixing colours (c) holding paper flat (d) fine lines and details
  20. 20.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a big roller (b) a wide flat brush (c) a small round brush (d) a sponge
  21. 21.True or false: letting paint dry on it is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) reshaping the tip (c) standing on its bristles (d) letting paint dry on it
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) leaving it in water (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) letting paint dry on it
  24. 24.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) mixing colours (c) rinsing brushes (d) fine lines and details
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) leaving it in water (c) reshaping the tip (d) drying bristles up
  26. 26.True or false: we use a sharpener for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: reshaping the tip is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) sharpener (b) palette (c) flat brush (d) sponge
  29. 29.True or false: we use a water pot for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: we use a water pot for giving a pencil a point. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing on its bristles (b) washing with mild soap (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) leaving it in water
  33. 33.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) round brush (b) sharpener (c) easel (d) flat brush
  34. 34.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) reshaping the tip (c) washing with mild soap (d) scrubbing hard on paper
  36. 36.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
  37. 37.What do we use an easel for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) holding a board upright (c) rinsing brushes (d) dabbing soft textures
  38. 38.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: we use an easel for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) drying bristles up (c) rinsing between colours (d) leaving it in water

Answer key

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

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