Huge, spooky-looking figures painted white with black eyes and black noses but no mouths are common to the tribes of the northwest. In western Australia are paintings unlike any others in the world. They show not only the bodies of these creatures, but their skeletons and internal organs. Walpiri Aborigines of today paint bright pictures with acrylics. Dots, zigzags, and circles provide a direct link to Aboriginal traditions and religion as each painting is the result of a collaboration of family members.
Procedure Review the continent of Australia.
Children should be firm about its location and should have knowledge about the people who live there. Today we are going to learn about the art work of the Aboriginal people. Tree bark was dried and flattened and then painted upon with colors found in nature. The Aborigines used red and yellow colors of soil that is like clay, white from chalk, and black from charcoal. The chalk was not like the chalk we use in on the chalkboard, and the charcoal was not like the little bricks used in barbeque grills.