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Aboriginal Dreamtime Spirits. Aboriginal Dreamtime Spirits. Aboriginal Dot Paintings. Australian Aboriginal art is one of the oldest art traditions in the world. The artwork is created by the Native Australians, called the Aborigines… (similar to Native Americans).
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Aboriginal Dot Paintings Australian Aboriginal art is one of the oldest art traditions in the world. The artwork is created by the Native Australians, called the Aborigines… (similar to Native Americans). Aboriginal dot paintings were often created to tell stories about the “Dreamtime” spirits. Many of the characters that appear in Aboriginal stories take the form of Australian animals… crocodilekangarookoalaplatypusspidersnaketurtle… and more! They believed that the“Dreamtime” spirits created the beginning of the world and the universe.
Aboriginal Dot Paintings • DREAMTIME SPIRIT • Draw your dreamtime spirit with pencil. • Trace with black sharpie, silver sharpie, and brown markers. • Cut out dreamtime spirit and glue it onto background paper. • BACKGROUND • Dip a pencil eraser into colored paint, then stamp it gently on the background paper to create dots designs.
Australian Animalsfor Aboriginal Dot Paintings Emu dingo kangaroo koala hare gecko gecko Kimodo dragon platypus crocodile