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Stone age doodle set. Collection of pencil pen ink hand drawn sketches templates patterns of prehistoric men women hunting cooking and gathering. Cavemen rock painting illustration

Pictograph rock art at the Palatki site in Loy Canyon, Arizona. Most of the artwork is attributed to the Sinagua, who inhabited the area between 650AD and 1200AD, but in some cases artwork from other time periods is interspersed and overlayed with the Sinaguan. More primitive etchings date as far back as 6000 years, while a few markings were made by ancestral Apache more recently (confirmed by tribal elders). Pictographs are painted images, whereas petroglyphs are etchings performed by abrading the rock with the edge of another. Pictographs at this site are typically in white, red and black, or kaolin, hematite and charcoal. Archeologists believe that much of the art at the Palatki site relates to the dreamstate imagery of ancient Shamans. This image reflects the typical flat, protected rock face alcove on which Sinaguan art can be found, with numerous depictions of animals and references to life's journey on the Earth. Yavapai County, Arizona, 2013.

"Inspired by ancient Paleolithic cave paintings, these prehistoric ponies were painted by me, Sandy Sandy. This traditional watercolor painting shows the granulation of natural pigments on the texture of handmade cotton paper. It exhibits the charm of soft translucent color transitions like only real watercolor can. A metaphor of power and freedom, today the horse symbolizes heightened energy and vitality, just as it did to man in prehistoric times."

A prehistoric family around a fire. A mother sits with her child, a pregnant woman stands, father stands with a spear, father sits with his bow. Sympathetic magic animal motifs. All elements on seperate layers. All white has been knocked out.

A hand painted spirit art watercolor, by me, Sandy Sandy, depicting the North American tribal legend of Long Arrow and Elk Dog, the warrior on the search for spirit knowledge. This image has minimal post processing and shows the texture of handmade cotton paper and the charm of soft translucent color transitions.

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