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Paint Brush Care Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 15: Brushes, tools and brush care · Set 810 · 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.True or false: drying bristles up is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) sand (b) water and mild soap (c) glue (d) hot oil
  3. 3.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
  5. 5.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) sponge (b) easel (c) sharpener (d) water pot
  6. 6.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) washing with mild soap (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) reshaping the tip (d) drying bristles up
  7. 7.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) masking tape (b) sponge (c) palette (d) round brush
  8. 8.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  9. 9.🖌️ Is reshaping the tip good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
  10. 10.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) rinsing brushes (b) holding a board upright (c) mixing colours (d) giving a pencil a point
  11. 11.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) sharpener (b) sponge (c) palette (d) round brush
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving it in water (b) letting paint dry on it (c) washing with mild soap (d) scrubbing hard on paper
  13. 13.Which of these is good brush care? (a) washing with mild soap (b) leaving it in water (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) standing on its bristles
  14. 14.What do we use an easel for? (a) holding a board upright (b) mixing colours (c) rinsing brushes (d) giving a pencil a point
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) washing with mild soap (c) drying bristles up (d) letting paint dry on it
  16. 16.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a big roller (b) a wide flat brush (c) a small round brush (d) a sponge
  17. 17.What do we use masking tape for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) mixing colours (c) holding paper flat (d) dabbing soft textures
  18. 18.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) letting paint dry on it (c) drying bristles up (d) standing on its bristles
  19. 19.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) sharpener (b) palette (c) flat brush (d) sponge
  20. 20.What do we use a palette for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) mixing colours (c) rinsing brushes (d) holding a board upright
  21. 21.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) letting paint dry on it (c) standing on its bristles (d) rinsing between colours
  22. 22.True or false: we use an easel for holding a board upright. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) reshaping the tip (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) drying bristles up
  24. 24.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) palette (b) water pot (c) masking tape (d) sharpener
  25. 25.True or false: letting paint dry on it is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: we use a water pot for wide, straight strokes. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) drying bristles up (c) reshaping the tip (d) leaving it in water
  28. 28.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
  29. 29.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) rinsing between colours (c) leaving it in water (d) letting paint dry on it
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) standing on its bristles (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) leaving it in water
  33. 33.True or false: we use a sharpener for giving a pencil a point. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🖌️ 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
  35. 35.True or false: drying bristles up is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) masking tape (b) round brush (c) easel (d) flat brush
  37. 37.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) palette (b) masking tape (c) sponge (d) round brush
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) standing on its bristles (c) reshaping the tip (d) washing with mild soap
  39. 39.True or false: standing on its bristles is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🖌️ Is drying bristles up good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care

Answer key

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

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