1. OP ART
Intro to Op Art Unit
Compiled by
Melissa Rhinehart
Masters of Science in Education (MSED)
Indiana University Southeast

3. The red squares are the same color
in the upper part and in the lower
part of the "X"

4. Op Art

14. Where:
Op Art can be done on any surface or material

16. Op Art Clothing Designs
http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/opart-e.html
http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/opart2-e.html

17. Op Art
Visual Arts Project Standards:
7.7.1 & 8.7.1 Apply elements (line,
shape, form, texture, color, value,
and space)
and principles (repetition, variety,
rhythm, proportion, movement,
balance, emphasis, and unity) in
work to effectively communicate
ideas.

18. Op Art
Visual Arts Project Standards:
7.7.2 & 8.7.2 Identify and discriminate between
types of lines (characteristics, quality), shape
(geometric and organic), textures (tactile and visual),
colors (primary, secondary, warm, cool,
complementary, intermediates, neutrals, tints, tones,
shades, and values), and space (background, middle
ground, foreground, placement, one, two, and three
-point perspective, overlap, negative, converging
lines, positive, size, color), and the use of balance
(symmetrical, asymmetrical, radial), proportion,
rhythm, variety, repetition, and movement in own
work and the works of others.

19. Op Art
with art elements & principles of Design
Visual Arts Project Standards:
7.7.4 & 8.7.4 Demonstrate appropriate use of
various media, techniques, and processes to
communicate themes and ideas in artwork.
DRAWING: Media: pencils, colored
pencils, markers, ink, chalks, crayons, oil
pastels, charcoals, pastels, conte-crayon
Processes: contour line, rendering,
sketching, value, shading, crosshatching,
stippling, one and two-point perspective

20. Op Art
Visual Arts Project Standards:
Art 7.8.4 & 8.8.4 Explore creative processes
and innovation, synthesizing content and
concepts of the arts and other disciplines
and reflect upon the impact of the
experience through writing or discussion.
Math Standard: 7.7.4 Construct two-
dimensional patterns (nets) for three-
dimensional objects such as right prisms*,
pyramids, cylinders and cones.

21. What:
Op-Art videos
*Jamison Cook’s Op Art Introduction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk2j7lJcGCU (5:04)
*Op Art Inspired Graphics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq1MLwI1fg4 (2:24)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAbI_8OXjTw (4:00)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN203RzcI24&feature=fvw (3:09)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2KwWhme05k&feature=related (1:47)
Higher & Higher & Higher vibrations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLJFZJnJaW8&feature=related (4:44)

22. Who:
Victor Vaserly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsCCkg1YHTo&feature=fvw (1:59)
Bridget Riley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G9eGzxQq2U&feature=related (:57)
The Amazing Art of MC Esher
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjjbi_eM8B4 (2:55)

23. Op-Art
This Optical Illusion project will use more
Geometric shapes & forms rather than
the Organic properties used in the
upside-down drawings.

24. Op-Art
Requirements
1. Three or more 3-D
FORMS
LARGE – as large as your hand
with fingers open
MEDIUM – as big as your fist /
palm
small – as small as a quarter
2. OVERLAPPING of forms
3. RADIATING lines / stripes
/ shapes or spaces from
SMALL to LARGE

25. 8th grade Op-Art

26. 8th grade Op-Art

27. 6th grade Op-Art

28. 6th grade Op-Art

29. 6th grade Op-Art

30. 6th grade Op-Art

31. Op-Art Requirements
1. Three or more 3-D FORMS
-LARGE –AS BIG AS YOUR HAND
-medium- the size of your palm / fist
-small- the size of a quarter in the background
2. OVERLAPPING of forms
3. RADIATING lines / stripes / shapes
or spaces from SMALL to LARGE

32. Op-Art Drafts
In pencil…
1. 1. Draw 3-D forms first
2. 2. Overlap forms
3. 3. Create radiating pattern / background

34. By: Sidney Pickman

40. Zoe

41. Cody Shenck

42. Mikayla Brown Karson Ceicel

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