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Paint Brush Care Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 15: Brushes, tools and brush care · Set 806 · 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 art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) palette (b) flat brush (c) sharpener (d) sponge
  2. 2.Which of these is good brush care? (a) washing with mild soap (b) letting paint dry on it (c) standing on its bristles (d) leaving it in water
  3. 3.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
  4. 4.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) masking tape (b) easel (c) palette (d) sharpener
  5. 5.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) palette (b) masking tape (c) flat brush (d) easel
  6. 6.True or false: we use a sharpener for giving a pencil a point. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) leaving it in water (c) reshaping the tip (d) scrubbing hard on paper
  8. 8.What do we use a sponge for? (a) fine lines and details (b) holding a board upright (c) wide, straight strokes (d) dabbing soft textures
  9. 9.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles down (b) in the water pot (c) with paint on it (d) bristles up or flat
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) rinsing between colours (c) leaving it in water (d) reshaping the tip
  11. 11.What do we use masking tape for? (a) fine lines and details (b) holding paper flat (c) mixing colours (d) holding a board upright
  12. 12.What do we use a water pot for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) dabbing soft textures (c) rinsing brushes (d) mixing colours
  13. 13.🖌️ Is letting paint dry on it good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
  14. 14.What do we use an easel for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) mixing colours (c) fine lines and details (d) holding a board upright
  15. 15.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  16. 16.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) rinsing between colours (c) drying bristles up (d) standing on its bristles
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing on its bristles (b) drying bristles up (c) reshaping the tip (d) rinsing between colours
  18. 18.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
  19. 19.Which of these is good brush care? (a) reshaping the tip (b) letting paint dry on it (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) standing on its bristles
  20. 20.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  21. 21.🖌️ 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
  22. 22.What do we use a round brush for? (a) fine lines and details (b) wide, straight strokes (c) dabbing soft textures (d) rinsing brushes
  23. 23.Which of these is good brush care? (a) rinsing between colours (b) leaving it in water (c) letting paint dry on it (d) scrubbing hard on paper
  24. 24.True or false: we use a flat brush for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: we use a palette for holding a board upright. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: we use a palette for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) masking tape (b) palette (c) sponge (d) round brush
  28. 28.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) masking tape (b) water pot (c) round brush (d) sharpener
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) standing on its bristles (c) rinsing between colours (d) leaving it in water
  30. 30.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) sharpener (b) flat brush (c) masking tape (d) palette
  31. 31.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) standing on its bristles (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) drying bristles up
  32. 32.True or false: scrubbing hard on paper is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: we use masking tape for dabbing soft textures. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) masking tape (b) palette (c) round brush (d) flat brush
  35. 35.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  36. 36.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) sharpener (b) round brush (c) flat brush (d) easel
  37. 37.True or false: we use a sponge for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: letting paint dry on it is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: washing with mild soap is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: we use masking tape for holding paper flat. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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