1. Op Art
When something plays tricks on your eyes it is called an Optical Illusion… Op Art is artwork that plays tricks on our eyes.

2. Op Art
There is an artist named Bridget Riley who is famous for creating Op Art that looks like it is moving. Sometimes it hurts your eyes to look at it for too long.

5. “OP-ART” is art that creates an optical illusion
“OP-ART” is art that creates an optical illusion. Some examples of optical illusions:
What illusions have the artists created?
How have they created the illusions?

6. What illusions have the artists created?
How have they created the illusions?

7. Op Art Shading Blobs
When something plays tricks on your eyes it is called an Optical Illusion… Op Art is artwork that plays tricks on our eyes.

8. Op Art Shading Blobs
Start by drawing a curved line across the paper.  Think rolling hill... not roller coaster!

9. Op Art Shading Blobs Add 8 dots across the line.
They should be at different lengths apart. 
You need a dot close to the edges of your paper. 

10. Op Art Shading Blobs Start connecting the dots with bumps.
The dots close to the edge will go off the edge of the paper to an imaginary dot. 
The lines will eventually go off the top and bottom of the paper . Fill the whole paper.

11. Op Art Shading Blobs Start connecting the dots with bumps.
The dots close to the edge will go off the edge of the paper to an imaginary dot. 
The lines will eventually go off the top and bottom of the paper . Fill the whole paper.

12. Op Art Shading Blobs Start connecting the dots with bumps.
The dots close to the edge will go off the edge of the paper to an imaginary dot. 
The lines will eventually go off the top and bottom of the paper . Fill the whole paper.

13. Op Art Shading Blobs
Pick a group of colors you feel work well together. 
Press harder in the corners... and as you get near the top of each bump get lighter and lighter. 

14. Op Art Shading Blobs
Pick a group of colors you feel work well together. 
Press harder in the corners... and as you get near the top of each bump get lighter and lighter. 

15. Op Art Shading Blobs
- Start by drawing a curved line across the paper.  Think rolling hill... not roller coaster!
- Add 8 dots across the line.  - They should be at different lengths apart.  - You need a dot close to the edges of your paper.  
- Start connecting the dots with bumps.  - The dots close to the edge will go off the edge of the paper to an imaginary dot.  - The lines will eventually go off the top and bottom of the paper. Fill the whole paper.
-Pick a group of colors you think work well together.  -Press harder in the corners... and as you get near the top of each bump get lighter and lighter. 
When something plays tricks on your eyes it is called an Optical Illusion… Op Art is artwork that plays tricks on our eyes.

16. What illusion is created?
How is the illusion created?

17. Steps:
1. Using a ruler, divide your page (like a pizza) into 8 sections, go over with black marker
2. Using a rounded object in the classroom (or a steady hand) draw multiple curves in a row in each section
3. Using pencil crayons colour in the parts you’ve made. Colour the areas in the middle the lightest, and make it darker as you go towards the line. Make a colour pattern with every-second spot.
Answer the following questions to be handed in as a part of your assessment:
What illusion did you create?
How did you create the illusion?
What is something you did a really go job of?
What is one thing you could have done better?