OP ART OPTICAL ART OP ART ALSO KNOWN

OP ART OPTICAL ART

OP ART • ALSO KNOWN AS OPTICAL ART, IS A STYLE OF VISUAL ART THAT MAKES USE OF OPTICAL ILLUSIONS. OP ART WORKS ARE ABSTRACT, WITH MANY OF THE BETTER KNOWN PIECES MADE IN BLACK AND WHITE.

VASARELY

VICTOR VASARELY • VASARELY IS WIDELY REGARDED AS THE FATHER OF OP-ART. HE IS A MAJOR MASTER OF 20 TH CENTURY ART. HIS PAINTINGS ARE IN THE PERMANENT COLLECTIONS OF MANY IMPORTANT MUSEUMS AROUND THE WORLD.

• DURING THE 1960’S AND 70’S HIS OPTICAL IMAGES BECAME PART OF THE POPULAR CULTURE, HAVING A DEEP IMPACT ON ARCHITECTURE, COMPUTER SCIENCE, FASHION, AND THE WAY WE NOW LOOK AT THINGS IN GENERAL. EVEN THOUGH HE ACHIEVED GREAT FAME HE INSISTED ON MAKING HIS ART ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE. HIS MOTTO WAS “ART FOR ALL”.

OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF VICTOR VASARELY • HTTP: //WWW. VASARELY. COM/SITE. HTM

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5 FAMOUS OP ARTISTS • HTTP: //948783666602171788. WEEBLY. COM/5 -FAMOUSOP-ARTISTS. HTML

OP ART - WEBSITE • HTTP: //WWW. RITSUMEI. AC. JP/~ AKITAOKA/OPA RT-E. HTML

Create an Op Art image by . . . Drawing a simple face, object or animal Change the directions of the lines in the shapes

Draw circles. Draw lines that radiate from the center Alternate which lines you paint in the concentric circles

Draw shapes inside shapes. Draw curved lines that go through the shapes. Alternate painting every other line.

START ON A PLANNING SKETCH FOR YOUR OP ART PAINTING. • WE WILL ONLY BE USING BLACK • DECIDE IF YOU WANT GEOMETRIC SHAPES OR ORGANIC SHAPES IN YOUR DESIGN.

USE A COMPASS FOR CIRCLES. USE A RULER FOR STRAIGHT LINES. • MAKE A BORDER • SKETCH LIGHTLY

• YOU WILL MAKE AN “X” IN EVERY AREA YOU ARE GOING TO PAINTB LACK. • DO THIS BEFORE YOU START TO PAINT. • AND ALWAYS MAKE SURE YOUR NAME IS ON YOUR PAPER.