Prehistoric painting

This unit explores prehistoric art, recreating the style of cave artists using charcoal and natural pigments. Pupils experiment with colour mixing, and creating large-scale artworks, enhancing both artistic skills and historical knowledge. Use this unit hub to inform your medium-term plan and to navigate to related resources.

Lessons

Lesson 1: Exploring prehistoric art

  • To apply an understanding of prehistoric man-made art.

Lesson 2: Charcoal animals

  • To understand and use scale to enlarge drawings in a different medium.

Lesson 3: Prehistoric palette

  • To explore how natural products produce pigments to make different colours.

Lesson 4: Painting on the cave wall

  • To select and apply a range of painting techniques.

Lesson 5: Hands on a cave wall

  • To apply painting skills when creating a collaborative artwork.

Key skills

Generating ideas:

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Key knowledge

Formal elements:

  • Colour:

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Key vocabulary

charcoal

composition

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Unit resources

Assessment – Art and design Y3: Painting and mixed media

Assessment resources for this unit. Use

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Knowledge organiser

A pupil-facing summary document, capturing the

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Key vocabulary

A display version of the key

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Subject resources

Art and design: Long-term plans

A suggested order for teaching Art

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National curriculum mapping

This document maps the National curriculum

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Assessment

A spreadsheet for recording teacher assessments

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Key vocabulary

This document lists the new vocabulary

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Equipment list

A checklist of art equipment required

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Art and design – List of artists

This document lists the artists studied

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