Year 8 Optical Illusions

Last term the Year 8 Art students learned about and produced or replicated their own Optical Illusion Artwork. Many students commented in their reflection how much they enjoyed the unit and found the artwork easy but at the same time more difficult than they had anticipated due to the 'exactness' of the lines to create the intended effect.

Some pictures look like they are 3D when in fact they are just cleverly using shading and sizing of the lines and shape to create the depth. Some use contrasting black and white to make the eye feel 'dizzy' and others confuse the eye by showing an impossible object like the Penrose Triangle.

Well done to the Year 8 Art class. Keep on creating!

Optical Art (sometimes called Op Art) is a form of abstract art. It was fashionable in the United States and Europe in the 1960s and 1970s. The movement's leading figures were Bridget Riley and Victor Vasarely who used patterns and colours in their paintings to achieve a disorientating effect on the viewer.