Papunya Dot Paintings

Sixth grade students have recently finished creating Papunya Dot Paintings.  Students learned about the history and traditions of the Australian Aboriginal culture; specifically about traditional dreaming and storytelling.  Students chose an animal (either real or fictional) and created a story using traditional Aboriginal symbols; complete stories were written upon the completion of the paintings.  Color was added using color pencil or markers and dot painting was completed using acrylic paint with various sizes of wooden skewers.