Optical Illusions

​Objective: Using a variety of media the student will research, design and create artworks using a series of visual illusions. 
Assessment: The student will partake in informal assessment, with one-on-one conversations with the teacher. At the conclusion of the project they will also partake in a formal and reflective critique in Schoology. 
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Differentiation and Remediation can be obtained through teacher facilitated manipulation of media and/or time.

I. Photorealism in Colored Pencil


Research the Following to Describe Your Objective In a Sentence:
Photo-realism, Dense Saturate, Loose Granular

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Process
Using colored pencil, recreate an advertisement exactly to create photo-realism

II. Fractured Space Paper Sculpture.
​  Interior v. Exterior

Picture
Research the Following:
Paper
texture
​sculpture
crease
incise
interior
exterior
Description:
The student will create a three dimensional interior vs. exterior sculpture. In this project the students will select, research and create their space while manipulating classic proportion techniques. 
​Search Terms:
​gehry architecture
gehry architect
​paper building

What can paper do?

Creasing Exercise

Incise exercise

III. Perspective Pastel  "Passage of Time"

Definitions these Concepts:
Linear Perspective
One-point Perspective
Vanishing Point
Horizon Line
​Orthogonal Line
pointillism
​optical mixing
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​Description: The student will research, select and illustrate a landscape in one point perspective three times. The student will finish the illustration by practicing optical mixing with pastel. The blended colors should illustrate the passage of time from one illustration to the next. 
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Pastel Blending

IV. 1 pt. Perspective Hallway Dystopia vs. Utopia
1.  Define the Following Concepts:​
  • ​pointillism
  • illustration
  • utopia
  • distopia
2. Steps:The student will research, design and create an image of a hallway and "bring it to the future" in 1 pt. perspective.  The image will then be rendered in pointillism and optical mixing.

Pointillism Technique