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Aboriginal Painting
| Explore the Aboriginal culture of the land down under | Project : Aboriginal dot painting
Grades 2-8
Make the creative leap to the next level of learning easy step by step instructions that integrate core subject with creative activity. | | Objectives | Materials | | The student will be able to | • | Black construction paper | | • | Learn about Australian Aboriginal culture through the use of their symbols to create a narrative design. | • | Pencils and erasers | | • | Demonstrate an understanding of light values on dark paper. | • | Gelly Roll® metallic pens | | • | Use good craftsmanship for neatness of design. | • | Cray-Pas® oil pastels, extra white oil pastels | | | • | White poster board for mounting black construction paper | | • | Glue to mount construction | | • | Hand-outs on Aboriginal symbols | | • | Glue to mount feathers or low temp glue gun | | • | Paper towels to go under hand while working |
| | | Procedure | | | Motivation: Read Pheasant and King Fisher by Catherine Berndt or another Aboriginal story to introduce the lesson. | | • | Have a class discussion on Aboriginal culture, symbols and art appropriate for grade level/unit of study. | | • | Download and copy Aboriginal icon/symbols from the Jinta Desert Art Site on the Internet at www.jintaart.com.au/iconography/iconhmpg.htm | | • | With pencil or chalk on black paper, create a design using the symbols from the symbols sheets. Australian animals make delightful subject matter in conjunction with the symbols. | | • | The teacher should check designs for size. Drawing must be large so it will be easy to color with the blunt oil pastels. | | • | With Cray-Pas oil pastels, fill in images using light valued colors (like yellow). Fill in some images with solid color and then outline them with dots. | | • | Leave some black spaces open in the background for contrast. | | • | Fill in background symbols with Cray-pas, and then add a dotted pattern for the background. | | • | Work until most areas of the construction paper are designed. | | • | Blend white into darker colors of oil pastel for contrast. | | • | Work to completion. | | • | Sign composition with a Gelly Roll metallic pen ( even works great on black paper! ) near the bottom in area along a curve not colored with Cray-Pas. | | • | With small amounts of glue, mount black construction paper to white board and display. | | • | Have students write an Aboriginal story, poem or description about the art. Display writings with art. | | • | Write the title of the story with a Gelly Roll® metallic pen on the top edge of the Aboriginal painting in area not colored with Cray-Pas. |
| | Net Connection | Aboriginal Art Websites : | | | Enrichment | | • | Research how symbols are used in art (Ex. works by Keith Haring or Indian Pictographs). | | • | Create this design in paint. | | • | Write about the lesson in a journal or sketchbook. |
| | Evaluation | | Visual Evidence of | | • | Knowledge of Aboriginal culture in Australia as shown by use of symbols. | | • | Understanding of light values on dark paper as an artistic method. | | • | Use of good craftsmanship for thoroughness. |
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