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