Completed Aboriginal or other Native Art Work

Welcome to another fantastic week of inspirational artwork, where our creatives researched and used modern-day materials, producing some magnificent tributes. You'll see that each piece resonated with them. Fantastic use of colour and techniques to recreate authentic patterns and sensitively follow the authenticity and appreciation of the origins of the art.

Finished artwork by Donna and Barbara for the Aboriginal and other Native Art theme

Donna - a fantastic Native American Indian Eagle, coloured in felt-tip pens, using authentic colours of the time.

Barbara - Part of a Silver Cauldron picturing the Celtic horned god Cernuous and surrounded by flora and fauna. The figures are embossed into the silver, with extra embossing of circles and lines, some of which show the direction of the planes of each animal's structure. Barbara said she's not sure what the animals are, apart from the deer, as they are stylised in the period of that time. Maybe you can help her with guessing them?

Watercolour paint and fine liner pen were used to create this artwork.

Finished artwork by Noor and Carolina for the Aboriginal and other Native Art theme

Noor - Drew a vase in keeping with a pattern similar to some of those found in museums. She used pencils and a gold pen to make the design.

Carolina - made an impromptu design based on the theme, incredibly inspired and imaginative. In keeping with the red, black and white pigments used at the time. Pen was used.

Finished artwork by Andy and Phil for the Aboriginal and other Native Art theme

Andy - researched Aboriginal art and worked on dot art for this Koala in a tree. He said he used acrylic markers to make the dots and a watercolour wash for the rest of the background. An authentic feel to this artwork.

Phil - set to work on some scratch art, a wolf symbolic of many Native American Indian tribes, great sunset tones were revealed when he scratched the foil surface away on this. He later went on to find a tribal mask he had made in a different art session to show us, his own design and colours.

Finished artwork by Vicky and Sarah for the Aboriginal and other Native Art theme

Vicky - Sketched birds native to three different countries using what she had to hand, a black biro and a notepad. My favourite was the Kiwi, Vicky said hers was the hummingbird.

Sarah - Native American Indian Bison - symbolising strength, abundance, resilience, gratitude, earth connection, community, and sacred purpose. They were often sketched on animal hide using naturally coloured minerals. Hematite - red ochre; Limonite - yellow ochre; Manganese oxide - black and; Clay - white. However, this was drawn with graphite, overlaid with fine liner and watercolour paint.

From the gallery, you can see a great deal of research went into these art pieces; our creatives enjoyed recreating them using modern-day materials and turning their hand to older techniques. Do you have a favourite, or have you been inspired to research anything further?

Maybe you would like to come and join us for our art session, as you've read, a piece of paper and something to draw with are all that's needed. It would be great to have you come join us; there's a different theme every week. Link is below. Every Wednesday at 7:30pm UK time

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