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