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MY BRUSh WITh CAVES

hOw TO MAKE A PICTOGRAPh
Materials Needed TRY A TEMPERA !
· brown paper bags ADOPT A BRICK wALL IN yOUR
· Picture of bhimbetka
paintings SChOOL
· Cartridge paper
· glue
· Crayons Illustration by: Devansh More, V-A, GIIS,
· Markers Noida
· Pencils
Procedure
· Tear and crumble
brown paper.
· arrange the crumbled
paper by overlapping. Illustration by: Shreya Parmar, III-B, GIIS,
· stick them together Noida
by gluing onto the Kashish Khatter, VII A, Delhi School of Excellence, Hyderabad
cartridge paper, allow no space between pieces.
· Draw animals in the style of bhimbetka caves. • On the brick structure put a thick layer of mud

Think ahead • Cover it with lime
• Then put a thin layer of gum
what would you have done if you were to have
discovered the cave with your friends? • Dry the wall
• Then colour …
hOw TO MAKE A PETROGLyPh you could try making natural colours with:

let’s don our creative caps and • Charcoal
try etching a stone surface • Geru
cave art style! For this get a • Crushed powder of different coloured natural rocks
stone or pebble and etch it and stones
with a knife or a sharp tool.
after that it may be painted. • China clay
Themes from the past!!

Paintings of
birds, animals,
DiD you know ? fish, elephants,
A cave dweller, apsaras and gods,
or troglodyte, is stories from the
a human being who ramayana and
inhabits a cave. the Mahabharata
and buddhist
stories etc.
Illustration by: Dishani Patra, X C, Bridgeford
Illustration by: A C Narmadha, X School, Ranchi
A, Royal Park School, Salem

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