Aboriginal Dot Paintings

Some stunning student examples of this project!  I am consistently blown away by what my students create given some basic guidelines.  I very much enjoy observing their process.

These paintings are inspired by the Aborigines of Australia who created paintings composed entirely of dots.  Their paintings  feature mostly animals and symbols and are created to tell a story.  The artistic process is emphasized. They are also well known for the X-ray style which is a technique where the artist envisions what might be on the inside of an animal.

The Aborigines believed  in a creation philosophy known as Dreamtime where the earth and all its inhabitants were created by ancestral beings that moved across the earth.

These paintings definitely have a special glow to them.

Well done!