Aboriginal Art: How To Create It.

Aboriginal Art: How To Create It. ABORIGINAL ART: How To Create It. Video/25 min./$29.95. Level: K-8.Crystal Productions, P.O. Box 2159, Glenview, IL 60025, (800) 255-8629;www.crystalproductions.com. Dream pictures and the X-ray art of the Australian Aborigines aborigines:see Australian aborigines. arehighlighted in this colorful video. Artist and educator Peggy Peggy may refer to: Peggy (musical), a 1911 musical comedy by Stuart and Bovill Peggy (given name), people with the given name Peggy See alsoPeggy-Ann, a 1926 musical comedy by Rodgers and Hart Flores Flores, town, GuatemalaFlores(flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the explains how the beliefs of these people are reflected in their art,which shows the connection between man and nature. Flores draws a fish and then draws its internal structure,demonstrating the Aboriginal belief that the mind and soul are revealedin the skeletal skeletal/skel��e��tal/ (skel��e-t'l) pertaining to the skeleton. skeletalpertaining to the skeleton. See also skeletal muscle. structure as well as the organs. After drawing theoutline of a fish, she fills the paper with layers of lines surroundingthe fish and then uses brilliant colored pencils to fill each space. Shethen uses a black pen to draw a number of different designs to fill eacharea. The Dream pictures are "dot" paintings, covering acomposition that represents the Aborigine culture and their tribalvillages. This includes elements from nature to represent the movingwater of lakes and rivers, grasses and trees, animals, birds and sky.She fills the areas by applying dots of paint of different sizes andcolors using sticks, cotton swabs and the eraser end of a pencil. Thesedots are believed by the Aborigines to represent their life forces. Aninspiring look at Aboriginal art.--B.H. For information about thisprogram, circle No. 397 on the Reader Service Card.