Talking Points: Laura McKendry
Introducing you to the work of artist Laura McKendry.
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Laura McKendry
Laura McKendry is an artist who lives and works in London. She takes her inspiration from nature – plants, animals, insects…
In the video above Laura shares why she likes drawing dogs, and why she likes using charcoal to help her make big gestural drawings.
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Questions to Ask Children
Why do you think Laura likes to work in large scale when she uses charcoal?
Which words would you use to describe Laura’s charcoal dogs?
What kinds of lines does she use?
Where does she move from when she draws? Her wrist? Her elbow? Her shoulder? Her whole body?
This Talking Points Is Used In…
Pathway: Gestural Drawing with charcoal
This is featured in the ‘Gestural Drawing with Charcoal’ pathway
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