Give each student: 1 paper 1 black sharpie 1 scrap paper Give each table : 1.Basket of colored pencils (complementary colors) 2.Basket of charcoal pencils Docent Material & Setup List: Docent Clean up List: Make sure names are on artwork Place completed in your folders, with a sheet of newspaper between each paper to prevent smudging (if charcoal was used) Wipe down tables, refill any items and return handouts and materials to bins as you found them – thanks for doing this and leading the lesson! Op Art

Lesson 7 – 4th Grade Op Art

Today’s LessonSkill Development: Today you are going to create your op art using pencil and charcoal to re- create this art style. You will learn about two famous artists Victor Vasarely and Bridget Riley. Introduction to pencil and charcoal. You will learn how to: Use pressure to create depth in your art work Shading techniques Op Art

What is 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 The Op art movement was driven by artists who were interested in investigating various perceptual effects. This instituted a new relationship between artist and spectator – the observer cannot remain passive – you are free to interpret the image in as many ways as you can imagine. The pinnacle of the movement's success was 1965, when the Museum of Modern Art embraced the style with the exhibition The Responsive Eye.

He is considered the inventor of Op-Art. Who is Victor Vasarely? He is Hungarian-French. His work entitled Zebra, created in the 1930s, is considered by some to be one of the earliest examples of Optical art. Vasarely went on to produce paintings and sculptures mainly focused on optical illusion

Famous works by Victor Vasarely? ‘Encelade’ c Victor Vasarely Using geometric forms in black and white he has created a multi - dimensional image that encourages our eyes to jump around the composition. What shapes do you see?

‘Blaze’, Bridget Riley, 1964 Who is Bridget Riley? She is an English painter who is one of the foremost proponents of Op art. During the 1960s she began to paint the black and white works for which she is well known. They present a variety of geometric forms that produce sensations of movement or color.

‘Movement in squares’, 1961 Bridget Riley

Let’s get started… Supplies Needed : Paper Pencil (for name) Black sharpie Charcoal Scrap paper (to prevent smudging the charcoal) Colored pencils ‘Descending’ Bridget Riley,1965-6

Start by drawing a curved line using your black sharpie across the paper. Think rolling hill... not roller coaster! Op Art Shading Bubbles Process: 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. Op Art Shading Bubbles

Pick 3 colors you feel work well together – IF not Black and white. Press the pencil harder in the corners so you get a deeper color... and as you get near the top of each bump get lighter and lighter. Op Art Shading Bubbles

Op Art Shading Bubble examples:

PRACTICAL LESSON PLAN ADAPTED FROM MRSBROWN.COM By Tara Button January 2016