cave painting - Sakura Of America

CAVE PAINTING
by Candie Cooper
www.candiecooper.com
Age Range: 7 to 12
Grade Range: 2 to 6
Skill Level: Moderate
Appropriate for These Special Events: Every Day and Rainy Days
Supports Subject Area(s) of: Social Studies, Language Arts – e.g. step by step
instructions, Visual Arts
MATERIALS NEEDED:
- 1 Elmer’s Guide-Line Tri-fold Foam Display
Board, 18” x 24”
- Sponges, 2-4
- Folk Art Acrylic Paint by Plaid®, 2 oz. bottles
2502 Rusted Pipe
2561 Steel Grey
2577 Toasted Vanilla
939 Butter Pecan
- Elmer’s® School Glue
- Sand (Activa®Scenic Sand, 1lb.) 1-2 colors
- Sakura® Cray-Pas® Oil Pastels
Time needed for project: 1 hr. 20 min. – 1 hr. 30 min.
DIRECTIONS:
1. Paint one side of the tri-fold with shades of brown and grey with sponged to look like a
cave wall. Layering colors with sponges creates a good textured effect.
20 min. 5-10 min. dry
2. After the paint has dried, sponge on Elmer’s Glue in a few patches around the tri-fold and
sprinkle sand on top for a rocky, sandy texture. You can use your hands to spread the sand
around.
10 min. + 10 min. dry
3. Wait ten minutes to make sure the Elmer’s Glue has dried. Knock extra sand off the board
by tapping it outside on the ground or over newspaper.
5 min.
4. Use a pencil to sketch out a cave painting scene. Many cave paintings show herds of
cattle or horses, people, and simple landscape elements.
10 min.
5. Go over the pencil with Cray-pas in black, red, and brown shades. They can be smeared
around or left rough.
15 min.
Project courtesy of Sakura of America
www.sakuraofamerica.com
See the video for this project at:
http://youtu.be/l75jcU5EgRo?list=UU-zY-SGViPUrZV0g4yWMkVQ