How Did the First Paintings Come to Be Made?

Long ago, people used colors from nature to draw pictures on walls. They might have used red from ochre or black from charcoal. These early paintings showed animals and people, maybe to tell stories or make hunting easier. It was like the world’s first art class!

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  1. A child uses red paint to draw a dinosaur on the wall.
  2. An artist mixes black and white to make gray paint.
  3. A person paints a bird with fingers and a stick.

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