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