Rachel Allen Dillon Paintings inspired by Dreamtime Ground Ceremonies The Aboriginal people of central Australia and western deserts were known for their desert sand art To create their ceremonial paintings they cleared ID: 642271
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AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ACRYLIC DOT PAINTING
Rachel Allen DillonSlide2
Paintings inspired by Dreamtime Ground Ceremonies
The Aboriginal people
of central Australia and western deserts were known for their desert sand art. To create their ceremonial paintings, they cleared a piece of land, and “paint” a story on sand, using small rocks, flowers, feathers and seeds.
The Dreamtime stories are up to and possibly even exceeding 50,000 years old, and have been handed down through the generations virtually unchanged for all those years.Slide3
Young
clan members
watched and learned their ancestor’s stories from the sand paintings that were mostly created during spiritual ceremonials and other religious rituals.
Paintings
on the sand
didn’t
last for
long of course,
so what there was to learn from had to be done instantly.
The Importance of Passing on TraditionsSlide4
Papunya Art Movement
The first Aboriginal Dot Paintings were created in 1971. A teacher named
Geoffrey Barton helped
Papunya
people in central Australia to transfer their sand paintings to canvas by using dots to paint their sacred designs which they used in ceremony.
This
became to be known as
Papunya
Art Movement.
Paintings are also used for teaching, as a visual story. There are strict guidelines on what stories get told and who can tell them. Example: A man cannot paint a woman’s story, and a woman cannot paint a man’s story. There are aspects of a story or ceremony that no one outside the tribe are allowed to see.Slide5
The Size, Scope and Colors in Aboriginal Paintings
Artists need permission to paint a particular story: Where ancient and important stories are concerned, and particularly those containing secret or sacred information, an artist must have permission to paint the story she or he paints
.Slide6
Respecting Tradition
Traditional
Aboriginal artists cannot paint a story that does not belong to them through family lineage.Slide7
Aboriginal Symbols
All
the different shapes in Aboriginal dot paintings
have
a meaning, and as the elders
painted
pictures they sang a Dreamtime song
.Slide8
Keeping History Alive
Aboriginal art has fostered cultural revival in an extremely good way for the Indigenous people. As they were placed on reservations, and often stripped of their land, culture and heritage, the Aboriginal Art movement has given it’s people a greater degree of self respect and standing and an important source of income. Slide9
Passing Along History
As the older artists teach the young, it has revitalized young Indigenous people's appreciation and knowledge of their ancient culture and drawn them back to it in a way that would probably not have happened otherwise.
In essence, Art saved an ancient culture. On the other side of the coin, westerners marvel at the beauty and spirituality of Aboriginal art - their interest and respect for the Aboriginal people has
changed
the old stereotypes to build stronger bridges of understanding.Slide10
Tools
DOTTER TOOLSBack of Paint brush (for 3-5th Grade)
Q-Tips (K-2nd)PAINT
Acrylic
OTHER
Palette
Paper Towel
PaperSlide11
PRIMARY COLORS
RedBlueYellow
SECONDARY COLORS ARE MIXTURES OF PRIMARY COLORSRed + Blue = Purple
Blue + Yellow = Green
Red + Yellow = Orange
COMPLEMENTARY COLORS ARE OPPOSITES ON THE COLOR WHEEL
Purple and Yellow
Blue and Orange
Green and Red
+
+
+
=
=
=
Mixing ColorsSlide12
Tips for Teaching
Dot spacingBe careful where the side of your hand goes when moving over wet paint areas. More times than I can count did I set my hand on wet dots and smeared them. There’s little you can do once the dots have smeared. Vary the dot size. You get about three dots per dip. When the dot edges start to fade, that is the time to re-dip. How hard you press down with the dotter can also determine the dot size.
Just the right distance apart
Too far apart
Too closeSlide13
Two Different
Tools
Using the backend of the paintbrush to create the dots
Using a cotton swab to create the dotsSlide14
Step One
Start with a couple of center dots.
Start with the
center dot.
PUT YOUR NAME ON YOUR PAPERSlide15
Step Two
Build rows of dots around the center one.
Try to keep the dots from touching.Slide16
Step Three
When the expanding circle hits the edge of the paper try to keep the illusion of the circle going.
Mix your paints to create different variations of a color. But if you mix them all together, you’ll get brown.Slide17
Step Four
Move the paper around so that the side of your hand doesn’t smear the wet paint.
If you have more time, get another piece of paper and try another circle.Slide18