Aboriginal Artwork | Art

Aboriginal art comes from Australia. Most of the aboriginal art told a story with the different symbols which made up something called a dreamtime story. Dreamtime refers to the Aboriginals belief of how things were created. 

Like how the kangaroo got its pouch is a dreamtime story and uses the aboriginal symbols to tell the story of how the kangaroo got its pouch.

We practised using symbols but we used dots instead of lines to make the art. Some of the symbols were: stars, travelling, footprints and waterholes. After we practised using the symbols we made our good copy and told a story that we experienced ( how the kagaroo got its pouch ).

The story I tried to tell was the life of a Koala. I used symbols like footprints ( which represent the Koala ), stars ( to represent the night sky ), a yellow star ( to represent the sun ), the symbol for man ( to represent a hunter ) and the symbol for boomerang ( to represent the hunters weapon ).

I enjoyed this activity and learned many new things about the Aboriginals, and their unique art designs that make up a dreamtime story.

LI: To create art that tells a story with traditional methods.