On September 8, 1940, 17-year-old Marcel Ravidat and three of his friends were looking for a lost treasure supposedly buried in a secret tunnel in the woods near Montignac, France. His dog Robot ran on ahead and became stuck in a hole. As the boys pulled Robot to safety, they discovered that the hole seemed bottomless.
Marcel Ravidat and his friends were certain that they had found an entrance to the treasure-filled tunnel. Ravidat first tried to explore the site himself, but without a light, he didn't get far. On September 13, he and his friends returned, this time prepared with a homemade lantern.Carefully, they made their way down into the cave and across a large room, about 100 feet long and 40 feet wide. It turned into a narrow passage and as they entered it, they raised their lamp higher and discovered that the walls were filled with the shapes of many animals. The next day, the boys made another remarkable discovery. Near the back of the cave was a shaft (now called The Pit) that Ravidat decided to explore. As his three friends held a rope, Ravidat climbed sixteen feet to the bottom of The Pit. He took a few steps, quickly realizing that The Pit was a dead end. But when Ravidat turned to retrace his steps, he discovered a painting of a bison knocking down a person: the person had a bird's head and four-fingered hands. Soon the boys decided to tell their schoolteacher, Leon Laval, about their discovery. They knew Laval was interested in archaeology and would know what to do about their fantastic find. Monsieur Laval explored the cave and wrote the following description of his adventure: Once I arrived in the great hall accompanied by my young heroes, I uttered cries of admiration at the magnificent sight that met my eyes.... Thus I visited the galleries and remained just as enthusiastic when confronted with the unexpected revelations which increased as I advanced. I had literally gone mad. In a short time, word spread about the fantastic paintings of Lascaux.
Link to Lascaux Cave Slidetalk
www.savelascaux.org
Cave painting art project...
Materials,
Kraft paper from home depot paint department 10” x 33’ +
12 x18 black paper
paint brushes for metallic paint
metallic paints slightly watered.
Paint palettes
Neutral oil pastels
Pencils to draw animals
Dixie cups for water
objective: The student’s will: • be introduced to cave art (or cave paintings) found in the Lascaux Caves in France. • learn that art is used as a way to record stories and communicate ideas. • learn that pictures can function as symbols. • create an artwork inspired by the cave art of Lascaux • practice using oil pastels & watercolors as art media.
Cut the paper a little larger than size you want, I usually do it about 11 x 17 so it will look nice on the black background.
tell the kiddos to write their name on the back, and then tear the edges all around the kraft paper, so it is a rough edge.
they will start with pencils and lightly draw some prehistoric animals bulls, horses, trace their hands
whatever they want.
then they will go over them with neutral pastels.
encourage them to use colors that are present in the cave drawings, earth tones.
(I don't hand out the other one's to keep the choices limited)
when they are done drawing and coloring in what they want (not the background, just the animals!)
they will crumple up their painting into a ball, squish , crumple, and then flatten it out.
That is the fun part!
Once it is flattened out, they they can take the metallic watercolors, or paints and paint the background
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