Tuesday, January 26, 2010

ORGANIC/GEOMETRIC SHAPE cats with LAUREL BURCH













DISCUSSION:
Shape: name some?
What about this shape (draw a organic shape on the board)
What is this shape called?
Organic shapes: what other organic shapes can you think of?Trees, grass, you and me…

ARTIST:
Laurel Burch:1945-2007
American painter, designer
lived in San Francisco
Made jewelry to have some money
Known for her cats

PROJECT:Draw a cat face using geometric shape and organic shapes
Step1: draw a dot in the middle of your paper
Step2: draw two more dots beside that dot 3” over
Step3: draw a curved line on top to connect the two dots on either side
Step4: draw a curved line on bottom to connect the two dots (now you have 2 ovals)
Step 5: draw a straight vertical line about 2” long
Step 6: on the end of that line draw a triangle
Step 7: from the bottom of the triangle draw the letter U on either side
Step 8: draw an organic shape around your face to make the head,
Don’t forget your pointy ears
OUTLINE YOUR CAT WITH BLACK SHARPIE
Step 9: use oil pastels to fill in all your colors
Step10 Use Bold and Unusual colors to fill in the entire page

MATERIALS:
Oil pastels
White tag board
Pencils
sharpies

I found this fantastic project on artprojectsforkids.org it is a wonderful site full of great ideas. for more information on this project, please visit: http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/search/label/artist%20Laurel%20Burch

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