i cut a large tag base from sturdy cardboard and then painted it with acrylics. i don't have the highest quality of paints or brushes but i did my best. i did the dots with a white poster paint pen. i wanted to include a snake which is often a subject of aboriginal art but i was also attracted to the idea of a lizard and found this salamander amongst images i'd downloaded for free from dover publications. i printed the salamander on olive kraft paper and outlined a bit with black pen and enhanced the spots and eye with a silver sharpie. the sun stamp is from uptown rubber stamps. i stamped it, colored it with metallic gold and red-gold pro markers and cut it out to add to the tag. the tag is a little blurry on the right top edge which is due to the scan and not to the quality of the original. i enjoyed experimenting with this. but hopefully i'll be forgiven my weak effort at such a beautiful art form.
love to all.
Beautiful tag Michele, love your painted background, it really sings! Valerie
ReplyDeleteYou are right Michelle there is a rich and diverse art culture here.Celebrating the connection to the land is very important in Australia. I hope you do get to visit as the diversity of landscape,people and culture is awesome. Thank you for researching and capturing an aspect with your tag.
ReplyDeleteI really like the deep rich colours you've achieved here. Bravo for attempting the artwork, I wasn't brave enough to even try :o))
ReplyDeleteStunning tag. Everything stands out so well with the wonderful colours and white dots
ReplyDeleteChrissie x
i love the colours you have chosen - great tag! Carolyn xx
ReplyDeleteLove the whole feel of it, the salamander is wonderful and loving the dots too! ~Diane
ReplyDeleteI think you captured the spirit of the dreamtime with your tribute to Aboriginal art. I think sometimes we in Australia tend to undervalue the richness of our culture before white settlement.
ReplyDeleteI'm fascinated by the Aborigine's art too. It's so intricate and mystical. Blessings!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful illustration of aboriginal dot pinting. I chose that subject too. Very interesting!
ReplyDeleteJane x