The Junior Kindergarteners moved on from shape to texture in this Lascaux Cave drawing project. They began by taking a virtual tour through the caves, identifying drawings of animals on the walls as the camera moved through the cave. Already being familiar with texture, the students discussed the textures they saw in the cave walls and how that might affect what it would be like to draw on the walls. The Junior Kindergarteners also discussed why cavemen might draw the images they chose to draw. Since animals were so important for human survival, they often drew images of animals in cave drawings.
The Junior Kindergarteners received papers with a variety of different colors to make them look comparable to the walls of caves. On these papers were outlines of cave animals that were often found in cave drawings. They were given natural colored crayons, such as black, brown, white, and red, and were encouraged to color inside the lines of the animals. The students were also encouraged to draw lines, shapes, and any other symbols they felt were appropriate in the background to make their drawings look that much more like what they saw in the Lascaux Caves. Everyone's favorite step in this project was at the end when the whole class crumpled their papers into small balls. They did this three times to give their drawings a rough, rock-like texture.
The Junior Kindergarteners received papers with a variety of different colors to make them look comparable to the walls of caves. On these papers were outlines of cave animals that were often found in cave drawings. They were given natural colored crayons, such as black, brown, white, and red, and were encouraged to color inside the lines of the animals. The students were also encouraged to draw lines, shapes, and any other symbols they felt were appropriate in the background to make their drawings look that much more like what they saw in the Lascaux Caves. Everyone's favorite step in this project was at the end when the whole class crumpled their papers into small balls. They did this three times to give their drawings a rough, rock-like texture.