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.