Victor Vasarley (above) and Bridget Riley (below) are the King and Queen of Op Art (Optical Illusion Art). They used lines to create form and movement on empty spaces. The use of bending lines (contour line) creates the illusion or three dimension on a flat surface. Olivia , Jorja, Jaycee, and Estrella We are going to use flat and bending lines on our paper. Like Victor Vasarley's bulging sphere, our back ground will be flat lines and our hand will have bent "contour" lines. It will appear…

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I'm back!!! did you miss me?!?!?! I hope that there haven't been any disasters while I've been gone?!?! I had my last tutorial of the year at Uni today - and my last assignment went in on the weekend. yayay - I'm finally done for the year. (and I'm just a little relieved about that I must say!!) lots to catch up on - lots to tell - but let's get back to the art lesson I talked about in my last post - on Op Art! here's my attempt at some Op Art -(I made this this evening to go through the…

Welcome! This blog post features a guided tutorial of how to create a color wheel in an eye. This activity helps artists to build skills in COLOR THEORY and drawing the ANATOMY of the human eye. This composition can be done with a range of art materials, but acrylic paint and India ink is recommended. Using

Op Art Cubes...ooooo paper sculpting idea?

6th grade students are creating Op Art using cones and spheres. First, they traced circles with a roll of tape and created the curved lunes inside each creating a sphere. Using a sharpie, color every other section, like you are creating a checker board. Next, using a ruler, create eight equal triangles. Create curved lines in the form of a "smiley face" line in every other triangle. Then create curved lines in the form of a "frown face" line in the leftover triangles. Use four colors to fill…

Found a couple more Op Art's to show you. This was was very successful!! I got the idea and GREAT directions from Artful Artsy Amy . ...

What is OP ART? It is short for Optical Illusion. Op art, short for optical art, is a style of visual art that uses optical illusions. Op art works are abstract, with many better known pieces created in black and white. or contrasting colors. Typically, they give the viewer the impression of movement: waving, spinning, swirling, vibrating... Here are 2 Well know OpArt artist.... Bridgett Riley 1931- now 88 years old when posted Victor Vassarley 1906-1997 Victor Vasarely was a…

What is OP ART? It is short for Optical Illusion. Op art, short for optical art, is a style of visual art that uses optical illusions. Op art works are abstract, with many better known pieces created in black and white. or contrasting colors. Typically, they give the viewer the impression of movement: waving, spinning, swirling, vibrating... Here are 2 Well know OpArt artist.... Bridgett Riley 1931- now 88 years old when posted Victor Vassarley 1906-1997 Victor Vasarely was a…