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Paint Brush Care Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 15: Brushes, tools and brush care · Set 833 · 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.🧼 What do you wash a brush with after poster colour? (a) sand (b) glue (c) water and mild soap (d) hot oil
  2. 2.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) bristles down (b) in the water pot (c) bristles up or flat (d) with paint on it
  3. 3.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) dabbing soft textures (b) holding a board upright (c) holding paper flat (d) wide, straight strokes
  4. 4.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) reshaping the tip (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) rinsing between colours (d) drying bristles up
  5. 5.🖌️ Is leaving it in water good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  6. 6.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) leaving it in water (c) letting paint dry on it (d) washing with mild soap
  7. 7.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  8. 8.True or false: leaving it in water is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.What do we use a palette for? (a) fine lines and details (b) mixing colours (c) holding paper flat (d) holding a board upright
  10. 10.🧰 Which art tool do we use for rinsing brushes? (a) water pot (b) palette (c) easel (d) sharpener
  11. 11.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding a board upright? (a) flat brush (b) round brush (c) masking tape (d) easel
  12. 12.True or false: we use a flat brush for holding paper flat. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.What do we use a sponge for? (a) fine lines and details (b) rinsing brushes (c) wide, straight strokes (d) dabbing soft textures
  14. 14.🖌️ Which brush is best for painting a wide, even sky? (a) a toothpick (b) a small round brush (c) a pencil (d) a wide flat brush
  15. 15.What do we use a round brush for? (a) holding a board upright (b) rinsing brushes (c) fine lines and details (d) mixing colours
  16. 16.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
  17. 17.What do we use masking tape for? (a) mixing colours (b) holding a board upright (c) holding paper flat (d) dabbing soft textures
  18. 18.What do we use a water pot for? (a) fine lines and details (b) holding paper flat (c) mixing colours (d) rinsing brushes
  19. 19.True or false: standing on its bristles is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) washing with mild soap (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) drying bristles up
  21. 21.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) masking tape (b) sponge (c) round brush (d) sharpener
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) washing with mild soap (b) letting paint dry on it (c) standing on its bristles (d) scrubbing hard on paper
  23. 23.True or false: we use a round brush for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) palette (b) round brush (c) sponge (d) water pot
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reshaping the tip (b) letting paint dry on it (c) leaving it in water (d) standing on its bristles
  26. 26.True or false: leaving it in water is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) leaving it in water (c) washing with mild soap (d) rinsing between colours
  28. 28.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) standing on its bristles (b) washing with mild soap (c) reshaping the tip (d) rinsing between colours
  29. 29.True or false: we use an easel for holding a board upright. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🖌️ Is drying bristles up 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) washing with mild soap (b) reshaping the tip (c) rinsing between colours (d) standing on its bristles
  32. 32.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) sponge (b) round brush (c) flat brush (d) water pot
  33. 33.Which of these is good brush care? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) standing on its bristles (c) leaving it in water (d) reshaping the tip
  34. 34.Which of these is good brush care? (a) leaving it in water (b) drying bristles up (c) letting paint dry on it (d) scrubbing hard on paper
  35. 35.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) palette (b) round brush (c) sponge (d) masking tape
  36. 36.True or false: letting paint dry on it is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a wide flat brush (b) a sponge (c) a big roller (d) a small round brush
  38. 38.True or false: we use a round brush for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.What do we use an easel for? (a) holding a board upright (b) mixing colours (c) wide, straight strokes (d) rinsing brushes
  40. 40.🖌️ Is standing on its bristles good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush

Answer key

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

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