Aboriginal Dreamtime Spirits
Aboriginal Dreamtime Spirits
Aboriginal Dot Paintings
Australian Aboriginal art is one of the oldest art traditions in the
world. The artwork is created by the Native Australians,
called the Aborigines… (similar to Native Americans).
Aboriginal dot paintings were often created to tell stories about
the “Dreamtime” spirits. Many of the characters that appear
in Aboriginal stories take the form of Australian animals…
crocodile
kangaroo
koala
platypus
spider
snake
turtle
… and more!
They believed that the
“Dreamtime” spirits created the
beginning of the world and the universe.
Aboriginal Dot Paintings
Aboriginal Dot Paintings
Aboriginal Dot Paintings
DREAMTIME SPIRIT
•
Draw your dreamtime
spirit with pencil.
•
Trace with black
sharpie, silver sharpie,
and brown markers.
•
Cut out dreamtime spirit
and glue it onto
background paper.
BACKGROUND
•
Dip a pencil eraser into
colored paint, then
stamp it gently on the
background paper to
create dots designs.
Australian Animals
for Aboriginal Dot Paintings
Emu
dingo
koala
kangaroo
hare
gecko
gecko
Kimodo dragon
crocodile
platypus