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