Paint Brush Care Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 15: Brushes, tools and brush care · Set 666 · 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.What do we use a round brush for? (a) fine lines and details (b) wide, straight strokes (c) holding paper flat (d) dabbing soft textures
2. 2.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a pencil (b) a toothpick (c) a small round brush (d) a wide flat brush
3. 3.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
4. 4.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) hot oil (b) sand (c) glue (d) water and mild soap
5. 5.What do we use a sponge for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) wide, straight strokes (c) dabbing soft textures (d) mixing colours
6. 6.True or false: washing with mild soap is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 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
8. 8.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
10. 10.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
11. 11.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) drying bristles up (c) washing with mild soap (d) leaving it in water
13. 13.True or false: we use a sponge for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) sponge (b) water pot (c) masking tape (d) flat brush
15. 15.True or false: we use a water pot for giving a pencil a point. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) in the water pot (b) with paint on it (c) bristles up or flat (d) bristles down
17. 17.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) rinsing between colours (c) letting paint dry on it (d) scrubbing hard on paper
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) washing with mild soap (c) reshaping the tip (d) standing on its bristles
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) standing on its bristles (c) leaving it in water (d) reshaping the tip
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) washing with mild soap (c) letting paint dry on it (d) leaving it in water
21. 21.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) holding a board upright (b) dabbing soft textures (c) giving a pencil a point (d) holding paper flat
22. 22.What do we use an easel for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) giving a pencil a point (c) fine lines and details (d) holding a board upright
23. 23.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) reshaping the tip (c) washing with mild soap (d) drying bristles up
24. 24.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) masking tape (b) water pot (c) palette (d) flat brush
25. 25.True or false: we use a flat brush for wide, straight strokes. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) flat brush (b) palette (c) sponge (d) easel
27. 27.True or false: letting paint dry on it is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) holding paper flat (b) rinsing brushes (c) wide, straight strokes (d) holding a board upright
30. 30.True or false: we use an easel for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: reshaping the tip is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.What do we use a water pot for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) holding a board upright (c) holding paper flat (d) fine lines and details
33. 33.True or false: we use a palette for dabbing soft textures. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) washing with mild soap (c) rinsing between colours (d) scrubbing hard on paper
35. 35.True or false: drying bristles up is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) rinsing between colours (b) washing with mild soap (c) leaving it in water (d) reshaping the tip
37. 37.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) leaving it in water (c) drying bristles up (d) letting paint dry on it
39. 39.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) sharpener (b) masking tape (c) round brush (d) flat brush
40. 40.True or false: we use a sharpener for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False

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