ART

This term we are going to be looking at Aboriginal Art to link to our topic about Australia.

Please do not panic if you do not have art resources for your child to use at home. The children can still have a

look through the slides and you can have verbal discussions about the artwork.

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Key vocabulary

Artist – the person who created the artworkTitle – what the artwork is called

Media – what material the artist used to make the artwork

Technique – how the materials have been usedColour palette – the range of colours used(blues, greens = cold. Reds, yellows = warm)

Subject matter – what is in the picture

TASK: Choose one of the famous paintings to annotate (this means add

key words to do with the colour, style, marks, pattern, technique, media, what you like, don’t like). You can choose your own famous painting if you like – it doesn’t have to be one from the slides.

Then choose one of the aboriginal pictures to annotate. You can use the symbols key to write down what you think the picture might be about.