Visual Narratives: Storytelling through Studio Art · Drawing and Composition

Line and Symbolism in Indigenous Art

Investigating how traditional and contemporary First Nations Australian artists use symbols to represent connection to country.

Key Questions

  1. 1How do specific symbols represent physical and spiritual connections to the land?
  2. 2What choices did this artist make to guide the viewer eyes across the canvas?
  3. 3How can we use line and pattern to tell a personal story of place?

ACARA Content Descriptions

AC9AVA4E01AC9AVA4D01
Year: Year 4
Subject: The Arts
Unit: Visual Narratives: Storytelling through Studio Art
Period: Drawing and Composition

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