CAVE ART: The World's Oldest Paintings - Art Lesson for Kids

What are the world’s oldest painting?

This à la cArt lesson introduces students to the oldest art in the world: cave paintings. Inspired by the Chauvet cave paintings in France, they will create a cave painting of a Stone-aged animal, with cave symbols and negative hand prints.

Art Techniques

· Drawing

· Stenciling

You will Receive

• 45-page, noneditable PDF
• grade levels 1 to 8
• a single class (60 minute) duration art project
• an introduction script to read aloud with questions to engage students
• step-by-step instructions with photos
• learning objectives
• gallery of student work
• common core art standards
• printable early finishers activity: word search

Materials Needed

I design à la cART lessons to be completed with simple art supplies as it is difficult enough trying to cart materials from one classroom to another. This cave art lesson needs some special materials: 12” x 18” brown construction paper.

Approximate Time Needed

This art project is perfect for elementary and middle grade students. The time needed will depend on the age group of your students but usually takes approximately 60 minutes for the read-aloud introduction, art lesson and clean up. Add more time for optional extension activity.

Read Aloud Introduction

You do NOT need any art and / or art history knowledge to teach à la cART lessons – it is all laid out for you. The read-aloud introduction introduces the artist and explains art movement and techniques pertinent to the lesson; with questions guiding student conversation.

Reference Materials

I like using visuals to support my lessons. Due to copyright infringement, the art pieces are not always included but I have listed the artist and title of the artwork. You can do a Google image search and then share with the class by projecting on a smartboard or whiteboard.

Common Core Art Standards

• (2.VA:Cn11.1.2a) Compare and contrast cultural uses of artwork from different times and places.

Perfect for grades 1 – 8, homeschooling

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This product is non-editable. Please do not purchase this lesson if you are planning to edit, copy or extract photos and text.

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