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Scaling up prehistoric animal drawings
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. Learners finish their pieces with bold outlines and simple decorative marks, echoing prehistoric cave art.
This video is part of Kapow’s Art and design resources, which support the Cambridge Primary Art & Design Curriculum Framework (0067). It helps teachers feel confident in guiding collaborative composition and creative expression. As part of the Painting and mixed media: Prehistoric painting unit, this lesson supports learners to develop and scale up their charcoal drawings.
