I posted a few months ago an illustration of a "caveman" from the Lascaux caves (There were no depictions of humans in the Chauvet caves) and a figure drawn in the Binangonan-Angono petroglyph style in preparation for an art activity for my young students about the first artist in history - the caveman! We talked and looked at photographs of cave drawings, discussed how simple they looked yet still identifiable as the creatures the cavemen were trying to depict. We also read a children’s book about cave paintings to put them on the mood and mindset for the actual drawing activity. And then, I told them: Imagine you are a living in a cave somewhere in the Philippines twenty thousand years ago, during the time when animals that are considered endangered now were still plenty and thriving, how would you draw them? We started with a tarsier, learned to identify its distinguishing figures and practiced how to make shapes and lines to represent them, after which a pangolin, then another… For animals that were not familiar to the students, it was also an opportunity to learn more about them. Pretty soon, all the students were creating their own colorful menagerie. Here’s my preliminary set of demo “cave painting” animals I used during the class. I’m still developing the designs for other animals (let me know if you want a specific animal included in the menagerie), but I’m posting it here now as a “teaser” and a timely relevant post commemorating Earth Day 2022. #earthday2022 #earthday #art #artph #illustration #digitalillustration #digitalart #clipstudiopaint #doodle #drawing #clipstudiopaintillustration #timelapse #makeartlikethemasters #homeschool #artist #childrensbookillustration #characterdesign #artistsoninstagram #homeschoolglobal #caveman #cavepainting #lascaux https://www.instagram.com/p/CcqCKk2vI9h/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
