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Paint Brush Care Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 15: Brushes, tools and brush care · Set 607 · 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.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
  2. 2.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) water pot (b) sponge (c) easel (d) palette
  3. 3.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  4. 4.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a wide flat brush (b) a sponge (c) a big roller (d) a small round brush
  5. 5.True or false: leaving it in water is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a wide flat brush (b) a toothpick (c) a small round brush (d) a pencil
  7. 7.What do we use a palette for? (a) mixing colours (b) fine lines and details (c) giving a pencil a point (d) wide, straight strokes
  8. 8.What do we use an easel for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) mixing colours (c) holding a board upright (d) holding paper flat
  9. 9.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) round brush (b) flat brush (c) water pot (d) palette
  10. 10.True or false: letting paint dry on it is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) drying bristles up (b) leaving it in water (c) reshaping the tip (d) rinsing between colours
  12. 12.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) drying bristles up (c) leaving it in water (d) scrubbing hard on paper
  14. 14.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) with paint on it (b) in the water pot (c) bristles up or flat (d) bristles down
  15. 15.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) easel (b) round brush (c) sponge (d) masking tape
  16. 16.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
  17. 17.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) palette (b) easel (c) sponge (d) flat brush
  18. 18.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  19. 19.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) standing on its bristles (c) washing with mild soap (d) drying bristles up
  20. 20.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
  21. 21.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) palette (b) water pot (c) round brush (d) sharpener
  22. 22.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) reshaping the tip (c) washing with mild soap (d) rinsing between colours
  23. 23.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) leaving it in water (c) washing with mild soap (d) standing on its bristles
  24. 24.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) flat brush (b) masking tape (c) water pot (d) sponge
  25. 25.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) glue (b) hot oil (c) sand (d) water and mild soap
  26. 26.True or false: drying bristles up is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: we use a round brush for fine lines and details. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.What do we use a round brush for? (a) mixing colours (b) wide, straight strokes (c) fine lines and details (d) rinsing brushes
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) rinsing between colours (c) leaving it in water (d) letting paint dry on it
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) rinsing between colours (c) washing with mild soap (d) reshaping the tip
  31. 31.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) reshaping the tip (c) washing with mild soap (d) rinsing between colours
  32. 32.True or false: we use a flat brush for mixing colours. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) sponge (b) round brush (c) palette (d) water pot
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) washing with mild soap (c) standing on its bristles (d) leaving it in water
  35. 35.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) drying bristles up (c) letting paint dry on it (d) scrubbing hard on paper
  36. 36.Which of these is good brush care? (a) rinsing between colours (b) standing on its bristles (c) letting paint dry on it (d) leaving it in water
  37. 37.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) masking tape (b) sharpener (c) water pot (d) easel
  38. 38.True or false: rinsing between colours is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: leaving it in water is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: washing with mild soap is good brush care. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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