Paint illusions

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝘀 on Instagram: "My entry back into some opart!! I’ve had a checkerboard illusion saved in my inspo folder for as long as it’s existed, and after painting circles all year, I wanted to try something different. I found a greyscale reference of this illusion and followed it exactly. The only trick is to get the values in the right places, colors don’t matter! The illusion is a result of the darkest and lightest values grouping together and pulling in different…

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𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝘀 on Instagram: "SOLD Finally posting the wavy painting! Of course there are no actual curves in this, but an optical illusion. The effect is the same in person and so cool if you’re walking by it, it just wiggles! 20x20” . . . #opart #opticalillusion #hardedgepainting #hardedger #acrylicpainting"

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝘀 on Instagram: "What a labor! For the tiny sections I used purple + white for lavender, muted turquoise, and quinacridone magenta. For the squares I used viridian and sap green + white, and for the center illusion area I used those same colors but with hookers green into viridian and yellow into the sap. I love the subtle gradient because it really gives a glow around the middle where the illusion happens. The illusion is solely created by the little diamond shapes…

I love Op Art and I thought it would be the perfect lesson to teach Art 1's how to use colored pencils. We began by discussing Op Art, M.C. Escher, Victor Vasarely, and Bridget Riley. Then we discu

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