Disemboweled Bison Painting

The painting of the rhino, wounded man and disemboweled bison is found deep in the Lascaux cave in France. The entire cave dates back to the Paleolithic period in art. To be able to create this painting these early artists depended on light from make shift lamps or candles to see in these dark environments. In order to create this astonishing art work the need for art supplies that we easily find at a store today needed to be created from their natural resources.
To create paint for this master piece the use of red and yellow opera was the material of choice. With this material of both choice and availability to the
Paleolithic artists they needed tools to apply the paint. During this time people relied on stones, sticks, animal hair/fur, use