Aboriginal Art and Music from AUSTRALIA PKlosAACPS Arts

Aboriginal Art and Music from AUSTRALIA PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office Art Standards: • Identify color, line, shape, and texture in artworks that convey what they see, know, and feel • Discuss and describe the common themes or subject matter of selected artworks from different cultures Art Element/Principal: Repetition

Australia is the only country in the world that covers an entire continent. It is one of the largest countries on Earth. More than one-third of Australia is desert. It has a long history. Aboriginal people of Australia • Original people of Australia • Lived there for more than 40, 000 years • They were hunters and observers • They have a tribal culture of storytelling and art PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office

In Aboriginal culture everyone is an artist because everyone participates in activities such as dancing, singing, body decoration, drawing and weaving baskets. PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office

The Music of the Aboriginal People http: //www. charly-didgeridoo. com/seqmusic. php? langue=en The many animals and beauty of nature helped inspire music and art: http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=sg 2 I X 65 EPYY The Didgeridoo: A WIND Instrument Listen to modern Didgeridoo Music: http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=bq. Mg. L 5 qm. Z-k#t=42 PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office

The Art of the Aboriginal People What colors do you see? What shapes and lines do you see? Colors, Shapes, Lines What kinds of objects do you see? PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office

Aboriginal Art is one of the oldest art forms practiced today. Drawings that are thousands of years old can still be found on ancient rocks. An Australian Aboriginal rock painting depicts a lizardlike animal, near Hawker, South Australia. PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office

Thousands of years ago, Aboriginals would create their works using only the natural materials left around them, such as bark, clay, logs, trees, burnt sticks, rocks, etc. . The patterns and symbols were created used only the colors seen in nature. PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office

Traditional Dot (Sand) Painting • Traditional dot paintings were made in sand. • Today dot paintings are on canvas with paint • THEY TELL a story using Aboriginal symbols and designs. PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office

Do you see? • Curved lines • Straight Lines • Angles • Repeated dots Dots and Patterns The backgrounds of these art works were never blank. There is always a continuous use of dotting, patterns, lines PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office

Most traditional aboriginal dot paintings represent a story about hunting or food gathering. Therefore, animals are frequently part of the painting. What ANIMALS do you see? PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office

Over in Australia Koala Wombat Many Amazing Animals Kangaroo PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office

Bandicoot Koala Brolga Dugong Wombat Platypus Kookaburra Wallero Snake neck turtle Great White Shark PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office Tree frog

1. Select an Animal shape to create a dot painting. 2. Decide on 3 colors and the pattern you want to use. 3. Dip a Q-Tip lightly into your paint. Hold the end straight down onto the paper and make dots by dabbing the tip onto the paper. PKlos/AACPS Arts Integration Office 4. Follow the outline of the animal. Fill in the animal with dots!