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Paint Brush Care Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 15: Brushes, tools and brush care · Set 867 · 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 we use a water pot for? (a) holding a board upright (b) rinsing brushes (c) wide, straight strokes (d) fine lines and details
  2. 2.🧰 Which art tool do we use for holding paper flat? (a) water pot (b) sponge (c) masking tape (d) flat brush
  3. 3.🖌️ 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
  4. 4.🖌️ Is washing with mild soap good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) good brush care (b) bad for the brush
  5. 5.What do we use a sharpener for? (a) giving a pencil a point (b) dabbing soft textures (c) wide, straight strokes (d) rinsing brushes
  6. 6.🖌️ How should you store a clean, dry brush? (a) with paint on it (b) in the water pot (c) bristles down (d) bristles up or flat
  7. 7.🧰 Which art tool do we use for mixing colours? (a) water pot (b) sponge (c) palette (d) sharpener
  8. 8.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) drying bristles up (b) reshaping the tip (c) washing with mild soap (d) leaving it in water
  9. 9.What do we use masking tape for? (a) wide, straight strokes (b) giving a pencil a point (c) holding a board upright (d) holding paper flat
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) drying bristles up (c) rinsing between colours (d) reshaping the tip
  11. 11.True or false: letting paint dry on it is good brush care. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🖌️ Is scrubbing hard on paper good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  13. 13.Which of these is bad for the brush? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) drying bristles up (c) reshaping the tip (d) rinsing between colours
  14. 14.Which of these is good brush care? (a) washing with mild soap (b) scrubbing hard on paper (c) standing on its bristles (d) letting paint dry on it
  15. 15.Which of these is good brush care? (a) drying bristles up (b) leaving it in water (c) scrubbing hard on paper (d) letting paint dry on it
  16. 16.True or false: reshaping the tip is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: leaving it in water is good brush care. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: we use a water pot for rinsing brushes. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🖌️ Is rinsing between colours good brush care or bad for the brush? (a) bad for the brush (b) good brush care
  20. 20.🧰 Which art tool do we use for fine lines and details? (a) sponge (b) easel (c) palette (d) round brush
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rinsing between colours (b) washing with mild soap (c) drying bristles up (d) standing on its bristles
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) letting paint dry on it (c) washing with mild soap (d) rinsing between colours
  23. 23.True or false: drying bristles up is bad for the brush. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is good brush care? (a) standing on its bristles (b) leaving it in water (c) reshaping the tip (d) letting paint dry on it
  25. 25.True or false: we use a round brush for holding a board upright. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: we use a palette for mixing colours. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: we use a palette for rinsing brushes. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: we use a sharpener for fine lines and details. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrubbing hard on paper (b) reshaping the tip (c) standing on its bristles (d) leaving it in water
  30. 30.🧰 Which art tool do we use for giving a pencil a point? (a) sponge (b) sharpener (c) masking tape (d) palette
  31. 31.🧰 Which art tool do we use for wide, straight strokes? (a) easel (b) palette (c) masking tape (d) flat brush
  32. 32.True or false: rinsing between colours is bad for the brush. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🖌️ Which brush is best for thin lines and tiny details? (a) a wide flat brush (b) a small round brush (c) a sponge (d) a big roller
  34. 34.True or false: we use a flat brush for holding paper flat. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.What do we use a palette for? (a) fine lines and details (b) mixing colours (c) giving a pencil a point (d) rinsing brushes
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drying bristles up (b) leaving it in water (c) letting paint dry on it (d) scrubbing hard on paper
  37. 37.True or false: we use a flat brush for holding a board upright. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is good brush care? (a) letting paint dry on it (b) leaving it in water (c) standing on its bristles (d) rinsing between colours
  39. 39.🧰 Which art tool do we use for dabbing soft textures? (a) water pot (b) easel (c) sharpener (d) sponge
  40. 40.What do we use a flat brush for? (a) holding a board upright (b) fine lines and details (c) wide, straight strokes (d) mixing colours

Answer key

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

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