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Paint Brush Care Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 15: Brushes, tools and brush care · Set 769 · 40 questions
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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. 1.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) standing on its bristles (c) washing with mild soap (d) letting paint dry on it
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) rinsing between colours (c) standing on its bristles (d) reshaping the tip
  3. 3.🖌️ 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
  4. 4.What do we use an easel for? (a) fine lines and details (b) holding paper flat (c) holding a board upright (d) giving a pencil a point
  5. 5.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: standing on its bristles is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) glue (b) water and mild soap (c) hot oil (d) sand
  8. 8.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) letting paint dry on it (c) reshaping the tip (d) drying bristles up
  9. 9.True or false: leaving it in water is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) giving a pencil a point (c) dabbing soft textures (d) fine lines and details
  11. 11.True or false: reshaping the tip is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
  13. 13.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) water pot (b) sharpener (c) masking tape (d) palette
  14. 14.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  15. 15.What do we use a water pot for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) dabbing soft textures (c) rinsing brushes (d) fine lines and details
  16. 16.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a sponge (b) a big roller (c) a wide flat brush (d) a small round brush
  17. 17.True or false: we use an easel for holding paper flat. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) sponge (b) water pot (c) masking tape (d) palette
  19. 19.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) leaving it in water (c) letting paint dry on it (d) drying bristles up
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) standing on its bristles (c) drying bristles up (d) scrubbing hard on paper
  21. 21.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: washing with mild soap is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: washing with mild soap is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) water pot (b) flat brush (c) masking tape (d) palette
  25. 25.True or false: we use a water pot for wide, straight strokes. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
  27. 27.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) palette (b) round brush (c) masking tape (d) flat brush
  28. 28.What do we use masking tape for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) fine lines and details (c) mixing colours (d) holding paper flat
  29. 29.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  30. 30.True or false: drying bristles up is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  32. 32.True or false: we use a sharpener for giving a pencil a point. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) drying bristles up (c) leaving it in water (d) rinsing between colours
  34. 34.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) palette (b) round brush (c) flat brush (d) easel
  35. 35.What do we use a round brush for? (a) fine lines and details (b) holding a board upright (c) giving a pencil a point (d) rinsing brushes
  36. 36.True or false: we use a flat brush for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) mixing colours (b) holding paper flat (c) wide, straight strokes (d) fine lines and details
  38. 38.True or false: we use a palette for mixing colours. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: we use a palette for giving a pencil a point. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: we use a flat brush for wide, straight strokes. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. washing with mild soap
  2. standing on its bristles
  3. bristles up or flat
  4. holding a board upright
  5. True
  6. True
  7. water and mild soap
  8. letting paint dry on it
  9. True
  10. giving a pencil a point
  11. True
  12. bad for the brush
  13. water pot
  14. bad for the brush
  15. rinsing brushes
  16. a small round brush
  17. False
  18. sponge
  19. drying bristles up
  20. drying bristles up
  21. False
  22. False
  23. True
  24. masking tape
  25. False
  26. bad for the brush
  27. round brush
  28. holding paper flat
  29. good brush care
  30. True
  31. good brush care
  32. True
  33. leaving it in water
  34. flat brush
  35. fine lines and details
  36. False
  37. wide, straight strokes
  38. True
  39. False
  40. True

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