Don't try to make your drawing look realistic - just see it as a 'line in space'. Your drawings can be completely flat, or you can use lineweight to create a sense of depth, by pressing harder to get a strong line as the wire comes towards you. Don't worry about shadows or highlights - all we are interested in is the shape of the wire.
Wire Drawing Exercise
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Bend the wire into any random, three-dimensional shape you like - try a variety of spirals, odd curves, irregular squiggles. With coathanger wire, once it has a few bends in it, you can easily reshape it. Try turning it around at different angles.
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