Optical Art was made famous by Mc Escher. He had an amazing ability to create drawings and pictures using mathematics, lines and imagination to create his works of art.

  ‘Waterfall’ c1961

‘Relativity’ c1953

‘Sky and Water 1’ c1938

Optical Drawing activities: Enlarge each image to see instructions/steps.

Have fun creating your own optical illusions 🙂

Materials: A4 white paper, lead pencil, marker (for tracing over), circular object to trace around (glass/cup), colouring in items (pencils, textas, paints, crayons – your choice)

Step 1. Trace around your circular object. Fill the page with circles (have some go off the page). You can use a lead pencil first if you want or you can use the markers/sharpie straight away.

Step 2. Use different colours to colour in every section. Try not to have the same colour next to each other.

Step 3. Take a photo of your artwork and upload it on to Seesaw under the Visual Arts folder.

Have fun and I look forward to seeing your finished artwork 🙂

Materials: A4 white paper, pencil, ruler, eraser, a found object

Step 1. Rule up your page into 6 boxes (see example)

Step 2. Place your object in front of you and pay attention to all the details you can see (from one view) Draw it carefully.

Step 3. Now place your object in 5 other positions and draw them. Remember to pay attention to detail and make them up close.

Step 4. You can colour in your drawings if you like otherwise take a photo and upload it on to Seesaw under the Visual Arts folder.

Have fun looking closely at the details of your object in different angles and positions 🙂