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Paint Brush Care Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 15: Brushes, tools and brush care · Set 584 · 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.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. 2.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) sand (b) water and mild soap (c) glue (d) hot oil
  3. 3.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) sponge (b) sharpener (c) water pot (d) flat brush
  4. 4.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) easel (b) flat brush (c) round brush (d) palette
  5. 5.True or false: we use a palette for wide, straight strokes. (a) True (b) False
  6. 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. 7.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  8. 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. 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. 10.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  11. 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. 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. 13.True or false: standing on its bristles is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
  14. 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. 15.True or false: leaving it in water is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
  16. 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. 17.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
  18. 18.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
  19. 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. 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. 21.True or false: reshaping the tip is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: washing with mild soap is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
  23. 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. 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. 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. 26.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) flat brush (b) round brush (c) water pot (d) masking tape
  27. 27.True or false: we use a palette for mixing colours. (a) False (b) True
  28. 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. 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. 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. 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. 32.True or false: we use masking tape for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
  33. 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. 34.True or false: letting paint dry on it is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
  35. 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. 36.True or false: we use an easel for holding a board upright. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: drying bristles up is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
  38. 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. 39.True or false: we use a sponge for dabbing soft textures. (a) True (b) False
  40. 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

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

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