Sketchbook experimentation: water-like marks | Art and design

Starter quiz

A tool used to put paint on paper is called a:

pen

paintbrush ✓

pencil
What should you do with a paintbrush after you use it?

Leave it dirty and use it again later.

Clean it after you use it so it’s ready for next time. ✓

Only clean it once a week.

Let it sit in paint until you need it again.
Adding black to this colour will make it:

darker ✓

lighter

stay the same
What type of art is this:

painting

sculpture

collage ✓

What do we call this type of paint:

tempura paint

watercolour paint ✓

acrylic paint
Which is the best way to leave a paintbrush after using it?

Let it sit in paint until you need it again.

Only clean it once a week.

Leave it dirty and use it again later.

Clean it after you use it so it’s ready for next time. ✓
Watercolour paints can be layered to show reflections on water.

True ✓
False
Match the word to the description:

paintbrush

⇔

a tool that you use to put paint on paper ✓

watercolour

⇔

a type of paint that you mix with water to make it look soft ✓

reflections

⇔

when you see an image of something in a shiny surface, like water ✓

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Paintbrushes can be left dirty and used again without cleaning.

Remind children that paintbrushes like to be cleaned and left on top of water pots so the next artist can use them.

Paintbrush - a tool that you use to put paint on paper
Watercolour - a type of paint that you mix with water to make it look soft and see-through
Reflections - when you see an image of something in a shiny surface, like water