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Collaborative Cave Painting
Created for Saturday Art with University of Cincinnati (Ages 9-10)
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Lesson Summary:
In this project the students will each get to contribute to each other’s park of the final work. Students will look at cave paintings and try to create their own along a large piece of brown paper. The students will work collectively to come up with a story they want to tell and each student will come up with an image to contribute to that story.
Specific Objectives:
Students will:
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Generate an idea for a story together.
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Respect what other students have added to the overall piece.
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Work collaboratively to show the story they have come up with.
Materials List: Sheet of brown paper large enough to cover a wall, Pastels (Brown, Black, Red, Other neutral tones)
Instructional Aides: Photos of cave paintings
Vocabulary: Cave Painting, storytelling
Procedure
Pre-class Preparation:
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Hang brown paper on the wall.
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Have containers laid out by the wall with the selected colors of pastels.
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Have photos of cave paintings ready to share.
Motivation:
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Have students come in and sit in front of the wall with the paper set up.
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Talk about visual storytelling and how cave painting are used to tell stories and record history.
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Show cave paintings, discuss what kinds of stories they might be telling.
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Explain that they will be working together to create a cave painting as a group, trying to cover all the paper.
Art Activity:
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Have students discuss what they want to tell a story about
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Give them about 10 min to talk about what they want to be shown and how they want to show it.
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Once students have decided on their story, they should divide up the work so each student is making as equal contribution as possible.
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Show the students how to apply pastels to the paper as well as how to smear and blend to create different effects with their lines.
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After demonstration give the students the rest of he time to work on their drawing, filling the wall as much as possible.
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If they finish their part early they should see if any other students need help with their part of the story.
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Start clean up about 10 min before end of work time.
Clean up:
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Students should return their pastels to the containers
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Wife down any surfaces other than the wall that may have gotten pastel on them.
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Once clean up is done students can wash their hands, not before.
Reflection/Critique/Assessment:
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With remaining time students should reflect on how well their final product tells their intended story, could someone 2000 or more years from now tell what is happening?
References:
Cathy. (02/06/2023) Cave Painting. Homeschool Lesson.
http://myfunnybunch.blogspot.com/2009/10/cave-painting.html