I found the cave painting activity incredibly fun! Of our two choices, we chose the more entertaining option, “a dangerous squirrel attacking people by the lake.” Our creation method was discussing it first and deciding which person would draw what. Additionally, we looked up pictures of cave paintings to get inspiration. I was disappointed because I could not find an example of a squirrel. Looking at the cave painting was still helpful in thinking about how to draw people. Our biggest challenge was how to convey that the squirrel was killing people. After discussing, we used Sarah’s tablet to create an example drawing for class. Overall, I was happy that the class was able to guess our phrase, even though it took a few minutes. I found this activity interesting because it allowed us to think about how pictures can be used as a form of communication and how to depict a phrase.

This is the example that I found:

“Serra da Capivara, Piauí, Brazil. Dated to: 28,000 to 6,000 B.C. | In this national park, paintings of jaguar, tapir and red deer (shown here, c. 10,000 B.C.) interact with human figures in scenes that include dancing and hunting. Niède Guidon / Bradshaw Foundation” (Marchant, 2016).

Sources:

Marchant, Jo. “A Journey to the Oldest Cave Paintings in the World.” Smithsonian Magazine. Smithsonian Magazine, 2016. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/journey-oldest-cave-paintings-world-180957685/