Aboriginal Dot Painting

I homeschool my children and we have been having a wonderful time virtually visiting Australia for the past two weeks. 

It's hard to visit Australia and not come across the stunning Indigenous Australian art. 

If you do a Google search for it

you'll find the most amazing images!

We decided to give it a try with tempera paint and cotton swabs

I Googled templates for the animals we wanted to use

a lizard

and 

a kangaroo

(not pictured)

and printed them out

and we started painting our dots!

C started out painting dots but quickly lost interest

she did, however,

enjoy using the cotton swab like a paint brush

When the animals were dry I cut them out and pasted them to a thicker piece of paper

just for a little more depth and texture difference

C discovered that if she twirls the cotton swab

it'll create neat little squiggles

I did get her to put a few dots on her painting!

C's finished product

Momma's finished product

Little A tried to convince me to let them do some Aboriginal body painting

she got a bath instead! 

 Have you done any indigenous art?