Though I am no expert... I really wanted to try some simple local art from Australia for the Artsy-Craftsy June. [ Introducing various Folk crafts around the world to children]
.. Aboriginal art has been around for many hundreds of thousands of years. Aboriginal rock carvings and paintings date back at least 30,000 years, and tell the stories of the artists who painted them.
Some of their gorgeous art [ via ]
My small attempt to recreate this style at home... the latest addition to my garden :)
Acrylic on stone
Notice how similar this is to gond style of India?? If you have posts on a DIY folk craft, link it in the Artsy-Craftsy-June challenge that happening this month.
Edited to add -
Over the weekend I tried my hand at two other art styles, the Gond & Madhubani folk crafts.[ Tutorial here ]
What do you think??
Not too happy with the results... Might paint 2 electricity poles at each end & add a few birds.. [ a DIY project for next weekend ] The nails were already in place and so the crooked line :( Any suggestions to improve this? [ without adding additional nails]
Linking this to patty's Weekend wrap up..















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11 creative quips:
too good dear...
Wow! This is incredible...!! Love it...!!
Niceee!:)
Waiting for the next post :)
Beautiful Shruti! Aboriginal art is GORGEOUS! They remind me of pointillism. Love the range of colours.
I know how limiting a rental apartment can be...:(
This is awesome.. I love the Aboriginal art too.. Character in dots :)
The stone looks beautiful..very nicely done!
@Shama : Thanks :)
@Emreen. Thank you. I used a tooth pick to put the dots.
@Swaram: next post is up too
@Deepa: yes i thought of the same thing. :) there is a similarity between warli & ancient african scriptures.. and gond & aboriginal styles..
@Rema: welcome here and thanks :)
turtle looks awesome, great job!
oh lovely!! this is so so pretty.. I'll try my hands at this as well.. :-)
@nayana : Thank you :)
@Patricia : Try it with kids. I'm sure they'll love it too.
Wow Tunis for introducing this
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