Here you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial video for how to draw a cat like the artist Laurel Burch. Her abstract style allows for lots of creative interpretations.
Laurel Burch Cat Drawing
More about the artist Laurel Burch
Laurel Burch began her career by making jewelry and selling it on the streets of San Francisco from tackle boxes. Some local stores began stocking her creations when a businessman took samples of her work to China. She eventually traveled there herself and discovered cloisonné, a kind of enamel work, with which she designed paintings and had the designs made into earrings.
Not only was Laurel Burch an amazing artist, but she had to suffer through a chaotic childhood and even on top of that she also had to live with a crippling bone disease. She was an optimist in life and this can be evidenced by the numerous paintings and works of art she left behind that are beautiful. This tutorial imitates one of her favourite ways of drawing a cat, which leaves lots of room for students to complete in their own way.
Laurel went on to work on cast metals and wood, and to include spinoff products on paper, porcelain and fabric. In 1979, she started Laurel Burch Inc. as its president and chief designer. In the 1990s she licensed her designs to a dozen or so companies that now make and distribute her creations worldwide.
Another Simple Colouring Option
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Laurel Burch Cat Coloring Page
Materials
- Drawing Paper. This is the good stuff you can buy in bulk for a good price.
- Pencils. Don’t waste your money on the cheapest brand. These make nice dark lines.
- Oil Pastels. This brand makes the most brilliant color of all. Messy, but worth it.
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Step by Step Directions
Here’s another fun option for drawing a Laurel Burch cat with a different media. Start with black card stock paper (the good stuff that is really black) and then have students draw their cat with some metallic markers. They are SO much fun to wprk with, look amazing on black paper, and follow Laurel’s love of shine and patterns too! Check out my links below to the two brands I used a lot during my classroom teaching days.
Student Examples of Cats
Recommended Products for Metallic Marker Cats
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