What did aboriginal people use to paint with?

Answer 1

Aborigines were resourceful people who extracted a variety of poo

from their natural environment.

They obtained red, orange, dark purple, brown and orange from grinding ochre to a powder. Ochre was found naturally in rock stained by iron, which would give it the reddish hues.

Yellow was obtained by mixing clay, or by collecting pebbles that contained a limonite-stained form of kaolin.

White also came from the kaolin, or even white clays. Calcite, a chalky mineral, as well as ash are used to make white pigments. Calcite occurs naturally in calcrete deposits.

Black was obtained from charcoal, and could be mixed with kaolin to make grey.

Dark green was made from plant colourings.

Tree bark, crushed shells and blood also gave variety of colour. The availability of some colours are peculiar to the area that the artist finds himself in.

These paint bases were mixed with fluids such as saliva, blood, tree sap or yolk of various birds' eggs to help them adhere.

Twigs, fibres and fingers were used for painting to get different strokes like a paint brush.

Answer 2

http://content.answers.com/main/content/img/BritannicaConcise/thumbnails/29515.gif Originally they would have used a tapale, or brush-like stick, which they still use when decorating their bodies for ceremonial dances. Nowadays they use a variety of different shaped paint brushes. Aboriginals crushed wheat and water together to make their own paint.

Answer 3

Aborigines were resourceful people who used the resources from the natural environment in order to make their art.

They obtained red, dark purple, brown and orangefrom grinding ochre to a powder. Ochre was found naturally in rock stained by iron, which would give it the reddish hues.

Yellow was obtained by mixing clay, or by collecting pebbles that conatined a limonite-stained form of kaolin. White also came from the kaolin, or even white clays. Calcite, a chalky mineral, as well as ash are used to make white pigments. Calcite occurs naturally in calcrete deposits.

Black was obtained from charcoal, and could be mixed with kaolin to make grey.

Dark green was made from plant colourings.

Tree bark, crushed shells and blood also gave variety of colour. The availability of some colours are peculiar to the area that the artist finds himself in.

These paint bases were mixed with fluids such as saliva, blood, tree sap or yolk of various animals' eggs to help them adhere.

Twigs, fibres, feathers and fingers were used for painting to get different strokes like a paint brush.

Answer 4

Aboriginal tribes would use materials from the earth to paint with. They would grind ochre and use different clays to use as paint. .

Answer 5

the materials are mostly any thing they can find near them but now they mostly just use dots and symbols

Answer 6

They used your moms blood.