chair painting

We spent some time thinking about chairs this week at art club. Chairs are a pretty great subject. I have quite an assorted variety around my house. I started by asking the kids to sketch ten different chairs from life. I asked them to think about what type of chairs seem happy and what type of chairs seem fat. We discussed scary chairs and solid chairs. Skinny chairs and silly chairs. Adult chairs and those meant for play and children. Are some chairs more restful than others? We naturally had some philosophical questions about chairs. What type of chair would we choose to represent us in a chair self portrait? What type of chair would we pick to live with if we could choose only one chair? What words do we think of when we think of chairs?

After much musing and sketching, we got to work painting little chair vignettes on masonite board. The art club was asked to translate their sketches to paintings using simple lines and a minimal palette.

Some of the students worked with bold outlines to really make their chair designs pop. Check out how excellent chair drawing is for learning perspective!