Starter quiz
- In a painting program, I want to make my circle completely coloured in. Which tool should I use?
- eraser
- paintbrush
- fill ✓
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- I accidentally drew a line in the wrong place. Which tool should I use to get rid of it?
- eraser ✓
- paintbrush
- fill
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What does this tool do?- it makes freehand marks ✓
- it changes the colour
- it colours in the whole page
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- I want to make a square border for my painting. What tool should I use?
- fill tool
- shape tool ✓
- paintbrush tool
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Exit quiz
- You can change how the paintbrush tool looks by changing the ...
- spoil
- style ✓
- seam
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- What will changing the brush size do?
- change the colour
- make the brush go invisible
- make the brush bigger or smaller ✓
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- Match the way you use the mouse with the marks it will make in the painting program.
- click or tap⇔make a dot ✓
- drag⇔make a line ✓
- True or false? On a tablet, you can drag your finger on the screen to make lines of colour.
- True ✓
- False
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The paintbrush tool can change size to alter the thickness of the stroke.
- Tapping on a touch screen makes dots and holding your finger down makes lines.
- Clicking the mouse makes dots and dragging the mouse makes lines.
Common misconception
Dots of colour only appear when you click and drag.
A single click with the paintbrush tool will make a dot of colour.
Keywords
Paintbrush size - how big the paintbrush is
Click/tap - a short press on a mouse button or on a touchscreen
Drag - when you hold down the mouse button and move the mouse or keep your finger on the touchscreen while moving it
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