Art Class at the MCNA4Girls Sunday Program, Seattle, WA

1st Week: Optical Illusion

Our first art class went very well. The project stirred quite an excitement among girls. 

We started our lesson with a brief defintition of Optical Illusion and what it means to different people. I gave them a short history of Victor Vaserly, who started the Opt Art movement. The girls were quite amazed to see the different optical illusion prints and how they tricked the eyes.

This was a perfect art lesson for our very first class because it used very few basic supplies, simple and easy with impressive results!

First, I showed this sample design.

And guided them with step by step instructions.

                                                                            

The girls started working on their drawing with a lot of enthusiasm. They were free to choose colors and however they want to design the layout. I did not want to restrict them in using only two colors and encouraged them to make their own ccolor choices. Results were stunning!

Here's one almost ready to be signed by the young artist :)





Here's another with interesting color choices.

Look at these! The colors pop up right at you!