Our topic is ‘Australia’ and we have been learning about Aboriginal dot art.
Before Indigenous Australian art was ever put onto canvas the Aboriginal people would smooth over the soil to draw sacred designs which belonged to that particular ceremony.
Body paint was also applied which held meanings connected to sacred rituals. These designs were outlined with circles and encircled with dots.
Uninitiated people never got to see these sacred designs since the soil would be smoothed over again and painted bodies would be washed. Dot paintings progressed to surfaces and canvas.
Year 5 pupils are recreated some dot paintings focusing on an animal outline or a pattern.
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