What methods were used by prehistoric painters?A) Animal fats and pigments were mixed together.B) Raw oil was used to make paint.C) Megaliths were mined for paint glazes.D) Powdered pigments were blown through hollow reeds.E) Animal hair was made into brushes.

What will be an ideal response?

A, D, E

Paleolithic painters used a variety of materials to create works. Charcoal and a black mineral called manganese dioxide served as pigments. They were ground to a powder with stone mortars, then mixed with a liquid that bound them into paint-blood, animal fat, and calcium-rich cave water were some of the binders used. Paint was applied to the cave walls with fingers and animal-hair brushes, or sprayed from the mouth or through a hollow reed. Megaliths were huge stone used in sculpture, not painting.