Indigenous Artwork As a part of reconciliation week

Indigenous Artwork As a part of reconciliation week - Celebrating the culture and history of the first Australians

Aboriginal Art Symbols �Aboriginal symbols are used to tell a story �The Aboriginal art is always connected to a dreamtime stories. �Used to be painted on rocks, grounds and bodies. �Some of the dreamtime symbols used are. . .

Aboriginal Artwork

� This painting is titled Kangaroo, Rain, Flying Ant, Possum Dreaming. � The bottom left of the painting shows the kangaroo tracks around a campfire (white circle). � The smoke (white line) rises from the fire into the sky creating rain clouds (purple sky with symbols for rain). � In the centre of the painting is the flying ant which migrates to form a new colony when the rains come. � The possum tracks are shown on the left side of the painting in the yellow section. � The U shape reflects the mark left behind by a person. Groups of U shapes would indicate a meeting place for

Cross-Hatching

Dot Painting

Your task today is to. . . � This week is reconciliation week, as part of this week we will be creating aboriginal artwork on our computers to reflect and getter a better understanding of Aboriginal dreamtime stories. � Using the ‘paint’ program on your computer, create an ‘Aboriginal Artwork’ story using the techniques and symbols we have shown you above. � You will need to have a background colour for your artwork. � Don’t forget this is a aboriginal story – you will need to use symbols to create your stories, not just your own pictures! � You can use templates from clip art (e. g. kangaroo) to be a base for your dot painting/Artwork

�Open up a paint background �Collect a image from the internet e. g. kangaroo – it will need to be a basic image. �Place where you want on the page, and fill the background (oil under rectangle) �Attach a symbol/s that you would like to use with your picture