no smart a-- comments please this question is for my sons grade 5 homework..thanx!
2006-09-11 14:19:20 · 3 answers · asked by sandra k 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
Dot paintings are the traditional art form of the Aboriginals in Western Australia. Dots of paint cover the entire surface of the painting, and the dots create symbolic patterns that illustrate different legends and stories. Bright colors have become common in the years since the Aboriginal painters started using modern materials, but traditional dot painters still use colors that come from the earth, such as pigments from different colored rocks which are crushed and mixed with water, wax, or natural glues.
2006-09-14 19:53:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a fairly new art form... I don't know if there's any explanation why they use dots, though it appears to mimic their decorative forms of sand art and ceremonial body art
2006-09-11 23:32:16 · answer #2 · answered by joyfulpaints 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They want to stylize their paintings to a certain uniformness.
2006-09-11 23:17:29 · answer #3 · answered by Astrid Nannerl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋