Paint Brush Care Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 15: Brushes, tools and brush care · Set 583 · 40 questions

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.

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

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