Optical illusion art
Tutorials
What are optical Illusions?
"Something that deceives the eye by appearing to be other than it is."
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"Optical illusion art, or Op Art for short, is an aesthetic style that intentionally exploits that oddity of human perception that gives the human eye the ability to deceive the human brain."
Optical Illusion Artists
Bridget Riley https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/bridget-riley-1845
RILEY IS A LONDON ARTIST, WHO BEGAN HER CAREER AN IMPRESSIONIST LANDSCAPE PAINTER AND LATER MOVED INTO HER WORK WITH "OP-ART" (OPTICAL ILLUSION ART.
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TEACHER SAMPLE
Richard Allen http://www.artnet.com/artists/richard-allen/
Richard Allen is an Australian artist- whose work spans all over the painting realm. He is still a practicing artist to this day .
Goals-Supplies
Goals
- Gain understanding of what optical illusions are.
-How they are present in the art world.
-successfully create your own optical illusion art piece.
Supples
Pencil, white paper preferably card-stock or any think paper, black sharpies/permanent markers (optional colored pencils, crayons markers)
To create this piece I followed the first tutorial listed. Feel free to follow the same on to create your image, or follow the second one listed - it gives 6 other types of images that you can produce! try a few of them out!
Reflection questions
What drew you to the shape that you chose?
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Which work by the artist did you find the most interesting?
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What other optical illusions would you want to explore?
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Did you chose to use color? why? What drew you to the colors you chose?
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Please email me your responses to the questions :Chiapp24@uwm.edu
Essential
Questions
What are optical Illusions?
How do they exist in the art world?
Would you consider optical illusions art?
What optical illusions do you already know of?
Do you see any in day to day life?
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