Painting with Natural Plant Dyes and Herbal Meanings

Abstract

This curriculum is based on research and in person research with elders and spokespeople that I have researched on books and the web. This is very important to me because it involves my Native Plants in my area and understanding how important each plant is and learning what I can about each plant. It’s important to understand the plants and how to use them in medicine, food, religion, art, and everyday life. Using these plants in my art class would be really interesting and inspiring for my students to learn how to prepare the recipe for each different type of color dye. There will be a video on Arnold Clifford on Native herbal plants. Each plant has its purpose in healing and dyes and many other good remedies.