OP ART BLOBS

Monday has come and gone again! Today we started Op Art Blobs. Optical Illusions are always a favorite!

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

First we looked at some work by M.C. Escher:

and work by Bridget Riley: 

And here are the instructions for our Op Art 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 feel work well together. 

Press harder in the corners... and as you get near the top of each bump get lighter and lighter.