Aboriginal Dreamtime Spirits

Aboriginal Dreamtime Spirits

Aboriginal Dot PaintingsAustralian 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…

crocodilekangaroo

koalaplatypus

spidersnaketurtle

… 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 PaintingsDREAMTIME 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.

Emu

kangaroohare

dingo

crocodile

Kimodo dragon platypus

gecko

koala

Australian Animalsfor Aboriginal Dot Paintings

gecko