Overview:
Students see their world from a new perspective and represent it in the style of the indigenous people of Australia. There is also a suggestion for interdisciplinary lessons with Language Arts and Social Studies. My Aboriginal Power Point slide presentation is used as an introduction for the project. Students view several You-Tube Videos that expose students to the history, art and the Dream-time tradition of story telling.
Time Frame:
The lesson will take one to two days for an introduction and student sketches. The painting will take two to three days, depending on the size of the piece. The examples shown were done with tempera paint on 12’x18’ black construction paper. All the tempera colors were mixed with white paint to make tints of the colors. More natural colors may be used for both the paint and the paper. We are a green school, we reuse old paint brush handles, the sticks you fine inside new shoes, pencils, chop sticks and any dowel like piece of wood to create the dots.
Grade Level: The examples for the art lesson were done with Middle School 7th grade students.
Objectives: Upon completion of this lesson the student will be able to:
Subjects: Visual Arts, Social Studies, Language Arts
Introduction:
Since the 1970’s Aboriginal Art has reached a wider audience with the introduction of acrylic paint on canvas for the depiction of traditional imagery. This imagery had been around for more than ten thousand years on rock engravings. Some of it was depicted during ceremonies using plant fibers on the ground. Works of art, which had been ephemeral, was now permanent and religious images were now more accessible to the public. The Aboriginal dot paintings are of interest for the study of their symbols as well as their aesthetic appeal. The meanings of the imagery provide us with a window into Aborigine religion and mythology as most of the paintings relate to the Dreaming. The Dreaming is the mythical time of creation and the time of the ancestor beings.
Students see their world from a new perspective and represent it in the style of the indigenous people of Australia. There is also a suggestion for interdisciplinary lessons with Language Arts and Social Studies. My Aboriginal Power Point slide presentation is used as an introduction for the project. Students view several You-Tube Videos that expose students to the history, art and the Dream-time tradition of story telling.
Time Frame:
The lesson will take one to two days for an introduction and student sketches. The painting will take two to three days, depending on the size of the piece. The examples shown were done with tempera paint on 12’x18’ black construction paper. All the tempera colors were mixed with white paint to make tints of the colors. More natural colors may be used for both the paint and the paper. We are a green school, we reuse old paint brush handles, the sticks you fine inside new shoes, pencils, chop sticks and any dowel like piece of wood to create the dots.
Grade Level: The examples for the art lesson were done with Middle School 7th grade students.
Objectives: Upon completion of this lesson the student will be able to:
- Describe the significance of these paintings to the Aborigine society.
- Explain the social role of the artist in relation to these paintings.
- Describe typical characteristics of these works.
- Recognize some of the symbols and explain their meanings.
- Understand that a piece of art may be appreciated on many levels.
- Understand what an aerial view is.
Subjects: Visual Arts, Social Studies, Language Arts
Introduction:
Since the 1970’s Aboriginal Art has reached a wider audience with the introduction of acrylic paint on canvas for the depiction of traditional imagery. This imagery had been around for more than ten thousand years on rock engravings. Some of it was depicted during ceremonies using plant fibers on the ground. Works of art, which had been ephemeral, was now permanent and religious images were now more accessible to the public. The Aboriginal dot paintings are of interest for the study of their symbols as well as their aesthetic appeal. The meanings of the imagery provide us with a window into Aborigine religion and mythology as most of the paintings relate to the Dreaming. The Dreaming is the mythical time of creation and the time of the ancestor beings.