This Art and design video shows children how to experiment with natural materials to make marks and mix their own paints using flour, water, and pigments like spices or charcoal. They create textured cave wall backgrounds with glue and grains, then paint them with symbols and shapes using their handmade colours.
year: Stage 3
Teacher video: Prehistoric palette
This Art and design video explores how to guide children in making their own paint using natural materials like spices, charcoal and leaves, just like prehistoric artists. Learners explore colour and mark-making, then create a textured cave wall effect using food items and glue to paint symbols and shapes with their handmade paints.
Learner video: Charcoal animals
This Art and design video introduces learners to drawing with charcoal, one of the oldest art materials. Children learn how to scale up their animal sketches, apply charcoal dust to create textured backgrounds and use charcoal sticks for bold outlines and shading.
Teacher video: Charcoal animals
This Art and design video explains how to teach children how to recreate their prehistoric-style animal drawings on a larger scale using charcoal. They learn about scaling, adding texture with charcoal dust and creating tone by blending with fingers or paper. Pupils finish their pieces with bold outlines and simple decorative marks, echoing prehistoric cave art.
Learner video: Exploring prehistoric art
This Art and design video guides learners in drawing animals inspired by prehistoric cave paintings. Children learn how early humans used simplified shapes and bold outlines to represent animals. They sketch familiar creatures in their visual journals, add simple marks to suggest texture and go over their outlines using a black pen or crayon.
Teacher video: Prehistoric art
This Art and design video explains how to introduce children to prehistoric art by exploring how early humans used natural materials to create bold animal drawings on cave walls. Learners draw familiar animals using strong outlines and simplified features, emulating the techniques and style of ancient artists.
Teacher video: Introduction to Sketchpad
This Art and design video explains how to introduce children to digital drawing using the Sketchpad web app. Learners transform their pencil sketches into digital artworks by experimenting with digital brushes, colours and textures. They learn how to adjust tools, add shapes and text and save their creations, combining traditional drawing skills with creative technology.
Teacher video: The importance of imagination
This Art and design video explains how to encourage children to use their imaginations to invent and draw their own imaginary plants. Inspired by poetry and guided observation, learners explore how line, shape and tone can express creative ideas.
Learner video: Observational skills
This Art and design video helps children develop their observational drawing skills by encouraging them to slow down and look closely at real objects. Learners explore how to show texture using different types of marks, like jagged lines for rough surfaces or feathery strokes for soft textures.