Lesson Planning
Find out about the different ways Ice Age people created paints and colours and experiment with a variety of techniques. Use these techniques to decorate your caves.
Teaching Outcomes:
- To learn how to make paint from charcoal and ochre and use this paint to recreate an Ice Age painted cave.
- To choose appropriate pieces of art to recreate to make a replica of one or more important caves.
Children will:
- Make their own paint.
- Try out different methods of applying paint to or engraving a surface.
- Apply some of their knowledge about prehistoric cave paintings to their creations.
