About 15,000 BC, the bison and other animals roamed the land and cave people, in their spare time, found colorful, chalky rocks with which to play. Over the course of time, they found that the chalky rocks would rub off on the cave walls, thus cave paintings and the pursuit of art was born. This article describes one fourth-grade classroom's experience engaging in an art history lesson about the first artists. One objective for this two-week lesson was for students to learn how prehistoric peoples used art to communicate by using simple tools to make images and natural materials for paints. Another objective was to learn how to create a three-dimensional picture of a prehistoric figure on a textured piece of construction paper. This lesson can be taught to first through fifth grade students. It focuses on building fine motor skills, vocabulary words, and history.