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Laurel Burch Mythical Horses Inspired Fine art Lesson

Lines, Shapes & Brainchild Laurel Burch Mythical Horses Watercolor Resist Painting

Laurel Burch is truly an inspiration of perseverance and determination. She had a zest for life and unquenchable courage to pursue her passion of creating fine art despite debilitating circumstances that would eventually bring an terminate to her life. WOW!

Objectives:

Review types of lines, geometric and free-grade shapes.
Recognize that artists employ repeated lines and shapes to create design in their artwork.
Larn simple abstraction techniques. Place the differences between realistic and abstract works of art.
Acquire well-nigh the creative person Laurel Burch and her art career in the fashion world.

Supplies : 12×eighteen″ white 90lb paper, crayons, watercolors, Laurel Burch Horse Paintings reference pictures

Delivery :

Inquire: Do you retrieve you could have a career doing art? What types of careers can y'all think of that are art related? Begin as a form what types of careers utilise art. (Artists, graphic designers, digital artists, cartoonists, animators, architects, fashion designers, etc.)
Review types of lines: horizontal, vertical, diagonal, curved, zig-zag
Review types of shapes: geometric, free-form (organic)
How tin can we use these lines and shapes to create pattern? Optional Design Worksheet
Larn about Laurel Burch Laurel Burch Biography
Lookout man Video: Laurel Burch Fine art Appreciation (starts at 38 seconds)
- What challenges has she had to overcome?
- How did her challenges bear on her life and determination to create art?
Look at artwork past Laurel Burch (Cats & **Mythical Horses Gallery). She often used cats and horses as her main discipline affair.
Ask: Is her artwork realistic or abstruse? Abstracted considering of non-realistic color and added patterns. *Bear witness example of realism versus abstract.
Simple Brainchild Techniques: Color distortion (modify from realistic colors), simplified line and details, image distortion (stretch, compress, twist, chop up & re-gather), add together patterns

Action : Laurel Burch Mythical Horses Watercolor Resist Painting

Instructions:

Depict a border around the newspaper that is most the width of 2 fingers together (don't use a ruler-keep it free-hand).
In the eye draw an abstracted horse or 2 horses together (provide examples of Burch's Equus caballus paintings).
Outline with Crayons (encourage Low-cal colors).
Use Crayons to draw patterns in the borders, on the horses and in the background (encourage LIGHT colors).
Paint with watercolors & watch the resist happen! (My FAVORITE part!!)