Art is believed to have begun with paintings created on the walls of caves.
These primitive artists used homemade paints and pencils to create images that communicated ideas to one another. Show poster of Lascaux caves. These are images found on a wall in a cave in Lascaux, France. These are believed to be the oldest examples of cave painting ever found. So if you were creating a time line of art history, this is what would be at the beginning.