Have a seat Vincent! Pop up chairs inspired by Van Gogh Grade 7

I was pretty impressed by what my 7th grade students could do with a piece of folded paper and two slits cut in it representing the seat of a pop up chair!  We began by first looking at Van Gogh's chair and discussing Post Impressionism.  After that the students were off to do their own thing!  And they didn't disappoint me.  We used mainly watercolor paints, after all I wanted them to have a trace of impressionism in them.  Some chose to use markers as an accent.  These are a few examples of the ones that were completed but check back because I have a few that are sure to be great once they are finished.  I don't want to forget to mention that I saw the idea for this pop out chair over at http://useyourcolouredpencils.blogspot.com/.