Op Art

What is Op Art?

• It is a black and white artwork

• It is a trick that is played on your eyes.

• It is an optical demonstration of magic.

• a kind of using little smudges of paint that your eyes blend together to make a whole picture.

Which of the following are Op Art artists?

• Van Gogh and Michelangelo

• Frida Kahlo and the Mona Lisa

• Sponge Bob Square pants and bubble guppies

• M.C. Escher and Bridget Riley

When creating Op Art Shading Blobs, how does the artist create the illusion that the blobs are popping off the page?

• The artist says some magic words and the Blobs begin to pop off the page

• The artist adds a layer of clay and paints it to make it look 3D

• The artist uses various shades side to side to make the blob look 3D

• The artist colors in with 2 colors to make the art look 3D

Op art can have many different types of tricks. What is the trick in this Op art artwork?

• The artwork looks like its moving

• The lines look like they go up into outer space

• The artwork is black and white

• The artwork looks like a duck when you stare at it a long time

What did this student forget to do each time they colored in a space in the blob?

• Use a 2 colored pattern

• Use orange

• Go side to side each time with their pencil

• Make blobs

When creating Op Art Blobs, what it the next step after making the dots across the line? Draw your answer:

The Op art assignment will help build your stamina. What is stamina?

• being able to make good art

• hand strength

• Following through with something even when it's hard and you want to give up.

• It is an illusion that plays a trick on the viewer's eyes

A tessellation are two shapes that fit together in a mathematical way. What are the 2 shapes or images that are in M. C. Escher's Op Art artwork?

• Birds and fish

• Birds and squirrels

• white and black

• cats and dogs