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Aboriginal Art: Tradition and Innovation

Explore the rich tradition of Australian Aboriginal art, from ancient rock paintings to modern canvas works. Learn about the concept of art in Aboriginal society and discover the technique of pointillism. Create your own unique design using stippling and vibrant colors.

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Aboriginal Art: Tradition and Innovation

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  1. Art 8 Sewanhaka Central High School September 2011 Compiled by Ryan Lundergan

  2. ABORIGINAL ART Australian Aboriginal art is the oldest living art tradition in the world, with paintings in rock shelters dating back 20,000 years.

  3. ABORIGINAL ART FORMS These designs, originally for body painting, ground paintings, and carved on sacred stones and boards, are now painted on canvas. ROCK PAINTING BODY PAINTING BARK PAINTING

  4. EVERYONE IS AN ARTIST The concept of art in traditional Aboriginal society is very different to the concept of art in European society. In traditional Aboriginal societies, activities like dancing, singing, body decorations, sand drawings, making implements or weaving baskets were not considered to be separate activities called art and design. All of these activities were a part of the dreaming and a part of normal daily life. There was no concept of a special type of person, artists, because, in a sense, everyone was an artist.

  5. The style of art that we are using to create our project is called pointillism. WHAT IS POINTILLISM? A series of dots, placed next to each other to create a scene or pattern.

  6. The technique that is used to create the dot pattern is called stippling.

  7. PATTERNS A decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.

  8. CRITERIA FOR THE PROJECT FIND A PICTURE OF AN ANIMAL TO DRAW FROM. DO THUMBNAIL DRAWINGS TO FIND THE BEST POSSIBLE IDEA. CREATE AN ORIGINAL PATTERN FOR YOUR DESIGN. STIPPLE THE ENTIRE PROJECT USING PAINT. MAKE SURE THAT YOUR IMAGE IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND.

  9. Step One: Find a picture of an animal. *Finding an animal with vibrant colors will be helpful. Step Two: Draw the animal on the black paper. *Use simple shapes when drawing the animal. *Be creative when drawing the animal. It doesn’t have to look exactly like the image.

  10. Step Three: Begin stippling the outside edge of the drawing. *Using a lighter color will help define the shape of the animal. Step Four: Develop the interior pattern of the animals. *Work with one color at a time, it’s easier than going back and forth.

  11. Step Five: Stipple the background. Begin by putting in the details first and filling the rest of the areas with the majority color. Step Six: The final step is to fill in any gaps with the majority color.

  12. Resources: http://www.glogster.com/media/5/31/2/29/31022999.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3ghXR3lxTus/S_Gc-ONXUAI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/Er0jKIejKRg/s320/lismore_aboriginal_art.jpg http://blog.hotelreservations.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/aboriginal_art_roo4.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bhsWd6X1YRs/TQFabBHckxI/AAAAAAAAAnE/-cEYA2ZePV0/s1600/Aboriginal_art_2_by_beewenhead.jpg http://www.galeriaaniela.com.au/A%20Tjawina%20Porter%20Images/WEBTPN200626.jpg http://saton02.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/aboriginal_art.jpg

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