Op art projects

Please Note: All images seen below are of my students artwork only. These photos/lessons are not posted in any particular order regarding the flow of my curriculum. OP ART- “3D PAPER CONE DRA…

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Welcome! Drawing a vortex is a great skill building activity for artists. This blog post features step by step drawing guides to draw 3 different looking vortexes, video tutorials and a FREE guided worksheet for artists to use. Thanks for checking out this blog post on drawing vortexes. I would love to see your creations!

Op Art Cubes...ooooo paper sculpting idea?

A lesson plan for learning about Op Art and teaching perspective using optical illusions.

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…

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…

I love Op Art and I thought it would be the perfect lesson to teach Art 1's how to use colored pencils. We began by discussing O...

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…