Paint Brush Care Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 15: Brushes, tools and brush care · Set 953 · 40 questions

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.

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

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