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The artistic style commonly called "op art" (due to its use of optical illusions) developed during the second half of the 20th century, but it has deep roots in art history. By utilizing geometry, repetition, and color patterns, op art often looks like it's jumping off the page or wants to suck you into the canvas. By following some simple instructions, you can easily make your own op art-and it's also easy to customize the process and make the op art distinctively yours!

Creating Undulating and Bulging Curves

1. Place 8 dots along the line-2 near the edges, 6 randomly spaced. Place a dot on the wavy line within about 1 in (2.5 cm) from the left edge of the paper, and place another one within about 1 inch (2.5 cm) from the right edge. Draw the other 6 dots in between these 2, wherever you feel like putting them!

In your head, label these dots "1" through "8" from left to right-but don't jot the numbers on the page!

To increase the complexity, add more dots-but 8 is good for a beginner.

2. Repeat the arches again and again until they extend off the page. Draw a new arch on top of the initial arch between dots 1 and 2 (like a double rainbow!), and do the same between dots 2 and 3 and so on. Keep doing this over and over again until all the arches above the wavy line run off the top of the page.

The arches can vary in height as you go, but try to keep them within the 0.25-0.5 in (0.64-1.27 cm) height range if that's what you started with.

Creating arches on arches may get a bit tedious, so try to have fun with it! Watch closely to see how your op art is beginning to appear!

3. Mirror the coloring pattern above the wavy line on the stack of arches directly below. Since (for example) you colored the arches in a red-blue-black pattern above dots 1 and 2, color the arches beneath dots 1 and 2 in a blue-black-red pattern.

Making a 3-D Geometric Tunnel

1. Divide the rectangle into 4 equal rectangles. Use your ruler to draw a horizontal and vertical line that meet in the center of your original rectangle. You'll end up with 4 rectangles, each 3 in × 4 in (7.6 cm × 10.2 cm) in size.

2. Draw straight lines to connect your dots to the central intersection. Lay your ruler between one of the dots you just made and the center point of the original rectangle, where all the interior lines meet. Draw a straight line to connect these 2 points. Do the same with every other dot you measured and marked.

3. Alternate between 2 colors as you fill in the smallest rectangle. Due to all the lines that meet at the central intersection, the interior of the smallest rectangle should be broken up into 16 triangles. Choose 2 colors-for instance, black and red-to color in these triangles in an alternating pattern, so that you don't have the same color in consecutive triangles.

For example, use black to color the first triangle to the right of the vertical line that points upward from the central intersection. Color the triangle immediately to its right red, and so on.

Black and white is also a classic color combo for this type of op art, and will save you some time while coloring if you're using white paper!

Kids love making op art at least as much as adults. For a fun op art craft, help a child paint a small flower pot white. Then, help them to paint a repeating pattern of black straight lines, curved lines, or lightning bolts all the way around the pot. Voila, they've made functional op art!

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Updated: October 21, 2019

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