Pattern - Aborigine Art

This unit encourages pupils to investigate different ways of making pattern, applying & mixing paint & gets them thinking about contrasting colour schemes.  After looking at sections of the videos below and subsequent classroom discussion, they get an idea of Aborigine mythology, and idea of how paint & pigments were originally made & different ways of achieving contrast through colour & pattern.

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Most of the visual source material for this unit is subject to copyright so below there is a brief outline of the steps pupils go through to make their Image and some examples.