Colouring Country

Colouring Country
Author: Ros Moriarty
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Art, Aboriginal Australian
ISBN: 9781743368428

Colouring Country is an all-ages art therapy colouring book with a difference. It features full-colour reproductions of 42 superb Indigenous artworks, each accompanied by a brief description of its context and meaning within Australian Aboriginal culture, together with a colouring-in template for each work. In Indigenous artmaking, the symbols, and the stories behind them, are the maps, the clues, to observing the Law, and living life in harmony with the elements and the cosmos. The rhythm of concentric dotted circles, linear motifs of game and flora, and lithe human forms, illustrate life in balance with the majesty of nature. It is the joyful visual language of the world's oldest continuing culture. The images in Colouring Country are from the Balarinji Art & Design Archive, held by the National Museum of Australia, Canberra. The Archive is an iconic collection of art, design and objects created between 1983-2003 by Sydney-based design studio, Balarinji. Best known for covering Qantas aircraft with Aboriginal designs, Balarinji was established in 1983 by Ros Moriarty and John Moriarty.

Australian Aboriginal Art

Australian Aboriginal Art
Author: Peter Platt
Publisher:
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2018-12-19
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780648461708

Australian Aboriginal Artist Troy Little has asked me to create 2 coloring books from 45 drawings featuring native Australian wildlife. Book 1 contains 20 drawings that have been used to create 70 designs on one-sided pages for all ages to color.The 70 designs have the original and 3 variations.-The original.-The original placed on dot art.-The animal enlarged for children to color and cut out.-The animal surrounded by dot art for children to color.The book is 8.5 x 11 inches with 148 pages.

Dreaming in Color

Dreaming in Color
Author: Melanie Florence
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Total Pages: 70
Release: 2020-07-14
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1459812921

Jennifer McCaffrey has been working hard on her art for years and is thrilled when she is accepted to a prestigious art school. The school is everything she always thought it would be, mostly. There is one group of kids who seem to resent her and say she only got in because of her skin color. Jen, who loves to create new pieces of artwork that incorporate her Indigenous heritage, finds herself a target when the group tells her to stop being “so Indian”. The night before the big art show at school, Jen’s beading art project is defaced. Jen has to find a way not to let the haters win. The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

How the Birds Got Their Colours

How the Birds Got Their Colours
Author: Mary Albert
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2011
Genre: Aboriginal Australians
ISBN: 9781741699678

This book is based on a story told by Mary Albert, of the Bardi people, to Aboriginal children living in Broome, Western Australia. The illustrations are adapted from their paintings of the story. Mary Albert said, 'Would you like to hear a story from long ago? My mother used to tell me lots of stories, but this story I loved the best, because I loved the birds.'

John Midas in the Dreamtime

John Midas in the Dreamtime
Author: Patrick Skene Catling
Publisher: William Morrow
Total Pages: 128
Release: 1986
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780688061074

While visiting the site of sacred cave paintings in the middle of the Australian outback, John Midas slips back thousands of years and finds himself among a prehistoric aboriginal tribe.

Tales of My Grandmother's Dreamtime

Tales of My Grandmother's Dreamtime
Author: Naiura
Publisher:
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2015-10-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780992370787

Naiura has faithfully recorded stories told to him as a child by his Grandmother. Every story is illustrated by colourful traditional aboriginal dot artwork. Teach children the tales of indigenous Australians and gain an appreciation of their art.

Tales from the Witch's Cottage

Tales from the Witch's Cottage
Author:
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-07-05
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1423661656

The ninth coloring book from Sweden’s coloring book sensation, Hanna Karlzon. In Hanna Karlzon’s newest coloring book, you have been invited to a witch’s cottage where all kinds of magic awaits. Calm your mind and your soul as you color witch’s hats, cats, and potions, as well as full moons, spells, and mysterious plants and animals. Drawn in her highly regarded detailed style, coloring book enthusiasts will love getting lost in Hanna’s magical illustrations.