Prehistoric painting

Learners who are secure will be able to:

• Recognise the processes involved in creating prehistoric art.
• Explain approximately how many years ago prehistoric art was produced.
• Use simple shapes to build initial sketches.
• Create a large scale copy of a small sketch.
• Use charcoal to recreate the style of cave artists.
• Demonstrate good understanding of colour mixing with natural pigments.
• Discuss the differences between prehistoric and modern paint.
• Make choices about equipment or paint to recreate features of prehistoric art, experimenting with colours and textures.
• Successfully make positive and negative handprints in a range of colours.
• Apply their knowledge of colour mixing to make natural colours.