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