cats: Laurel Burch

Mindfulness

Standing up, reach out each of your limbs and stretch like a cat. Extend each limb out as far as you can and then slowly bring your arms and legs in close to your body. Breathe and check how your body feels.

See Think Wonder

What do you see in the picture? What do you think is happening and what was the artist trying to tell you with this picture? What does this picture make you wonder about?

Laurel Burch (December 31, 1945 – September 13, 2007) was an artist that focused on cloisonné and paintings of bright colorful, highly patterened works.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurel_Burch

Millions of Cats is a picture book written and illustrated by Wanda Gág in 1928. The book won a Newbery Honor award in 1929, one of the few picture books to do so. Millions of Cats is the oldest American picture book still in print.

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Assignment

Follow the directions and draw your own cat inspired by the work of Laurel Burch.

Make sure that you cover your cat in a pattern.

Take your time coloring in your cat using warm fall colors: red, orange, yellow, and brown.

As An Alternative: Draw a flower

Vocabulary

Shape

Pattern

Surface design

Warm Colors

Composition

Laurel Burch Gallery

Why these projects

This project helps us use basic geometric shapes to create complex drawings. We are also investigating using pattern for surface design to add interest to our artwork.

SEE THINK WONDER

What do you see in the picture? What do you think is happening and what was the artist trying to tell you with this picture? What does this picture make you wonder about?

Mose T. Tolliver Large Black Cat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mose_Tolliver

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