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