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