Prehistoric painting

This unit explores prehistoric art, recreating the style of cave artists using charcoal and natural pigments. Pupils experiment with colour mixing, and creating large-scale artworks, enhancing both artistic skills and historical knowledge. Use this unit hub to inform your medium-term plan and to navigate to related resources.

Lessons

Lesson 1: Exploring prehistoric art

  • To apply an understanding of prehistoric human-made art.

Lesson 2: Charcoal animals

  • To understand and use scale to enlarge drawings in a different medium.

Lesson 3: Prehistoric palette

  • To explore how natural products produce pigments to make different colours.

Lesson 4: Painting on the cave wall

  • To select and apply a range of painting techniques.

Lesson 5: Hands on a cave wall

  • To apply painting skills when creating a collaborative artwork.

Key skills

Generating ideas:

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Key knowledge

Formal elements:

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Key vocabulary

charcoal

composition

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