How did art begin? Where did colour come from, before paints in tubes and bottles? Taking a long step back in history, this book explores how the world's first artists may have tried their hand on the very first canvases — the walls of rocks and caves. Arising more from artistic imagination than archaeology, this story of art unfolds with photographs of the ancient paintings at the Bhimbetka. Caves in Madhya Pradesh alongside creative reproductions of rock art. At the end of the book is a section that takes children deeper into the art of cave paintings.