Ink and Op Art

Today we did some exploration with ink.

From Visually.

We've been exploring fonts and practicing our own.  Calligraphy and modern calligraphy are fun ways to explore.  Here's a video introducing dipping pens:



We'll try those out next week.

We used Dr. Ph. Martin's India Ink in the primary colors -- red, yellow, and blue.  These three colors are the basis of other colors.  Color Theory helps us in our artistic endeavors.

We dropped the different primary colors of India Ink onto the paper and blew them around with a coffee stirrer straw.

We're going to finish up some of our Inkblot Art next week.  Rorschach a Swiss Psychologist who used ink blots as a psychological assessment -- The  Rorschach Test.  Andy Worhol a prolific artist of the 20th Century used ink blots to create art, but it was something he got mixed up on.

You can explore more ways to create art like Warhol by clicking on these links:

• Andy Worhol's Ink blot Drawing Technique (Cut Out and Keep)
• Andy Worhol Project for Kids (The Crafty Classroom)
• Artist Andy Worhol (Art Projects for Kids; Teacher Tested Art)
• Worhol: Resources and Lessons

We also practiced doing some Op Art,  We created Op Art Hands

There are lots of other ways to do it.  Practice it and work on your hand project at home.

Here are some links about Op Art:

• Optical Art from the Artcyclopedia
• Op Art Sphere Lesson Plan

Assignments:

1. Please finish up your op art hand and create one more work.
2. Bring in some graphic art -- cereal boxes, etc.
3. Bring your favorite book/comic to share.
4. Make sure to bring back your sketchbook with the ink blots.  

Have fun being creative.