Use your pencil here: Dark Medium Light None

Use your crayon here: Dark Medium Light None

Try shading within the shape here (with your pencil and your crayon):

Now let’s create some sample Op Art here!

Next we will shade in the right boxes using the

different values with our crayon:

Dark, Medium, Light following the

D, M, & L on the paper

First we will shade in the left boxes using the

different values with our pencil:

Dark, Medium, Light following the

D, M, & L on the paper

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Art Awareness Day!

Today your child learned about Op Art and British artist Bridget Riley.

Arrest, 1965 Two Blues, 2003

Today we learned:

Op Art is short for Optical Art

Optical Art plays tricks on your eyes

Bridget Riley is referred to as the “mother” of Op Art

Value is light, medium, and dark within an object or color that makes it look 3-dimensional

We practiced achieving value using our pencil and then a crayon. Then we created some fun scribble art

using these skills!

Here are some fun links to other Op Art by Bridget Riley:

Bridget talking about her work and the Op Art Movement—

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G9eGzxQq2U

Riley’s bio and links to other Op Art artists—

http://www.op-art.co.uk/bridget-riley/

Fun animations for you to watch with Op Art—

http://www.op-art.co.uk/op-art-gallery/op-art-animation/akemashite-omedetou