Christo Chair Drawings

One of the tools that is useful to use when teaching students how to draw is to set up a still life.  However, students can get bored with this concept.  To make a still life more interesting for my students, I had them begin by studying artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude and their wrapped artworks.  We watched the video The Gates, which documented the artist's recent work in New York City.  The students  began their still life studies with a warm-up drawing of the negative space of a chair.  Next, the students wrapped the chair in fabric and twine.  Students spent several days working on these drawings.