The document summarizes research on Op Art, including definitions, key artists, and works. Plans and tasks are outlined for an exhibition poster on Op Art, including idea generation, scheduling, and production. Evaluation covers problem-solving, teamwork, feedback, and active engagement. Information storage and learning styles are also discussed.

1. Induction Project
September 2019
CERTA L2 Developing Study Skills

2. OP art summary
“OP art is short for optical art and is a visual art style that uses optical
illusions… OP art works are abstract with many better pieces created in
black and white. Usually they give the viewer the impression of
movement”-Wikipedia
Title/Weblink/Date accessed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op_art
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Movement in squares by
Bridget Riley in 1961
Intrinsic Harmony by Richard
Anuszkiewicz Byss-Victor Vasarely 1978
The term was first coined at a exhibition in the 1960s but it was created in 1938 by Viktor Vasarely’s painting
“Zebra”–Thoughtco Shelley Esaak

3. Brigdet Riley
• Bridget Riley is a noteworthy OP artist who has moved achromatic to
chromatic pieces. She has created OP from its beginning to the
present day. –Thoughtco Shelley Esaak
• Began painting figure objects in a semi-impressionist manner, then
changed to pointillism around 1958 and mainly focused on
landscapes.
• In 1960 she evoled a style in which she explored the dynamic
potentialities of optical phenomera.
• An Example of her Art is “fall” (1963) shown below which produces a
disorienting physical effect on the eye.-Tate Gallery

4. Richard Allen
Richard Allen was a britsh minimalist, abstract painter. He worked from 1960 until his death in 1999
• In the early 1960s Richard Allen became involved with op art. A fascination with interferometry
Influenced his work.
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Title/Weblink/Date accessed:

5. Victor Vasarely
• Frech-Hungarian artist
• His piece “Zebra” is considered one the earliest works of op art
• Victor worked on OP art from 1929 to 1967
“Zebra” by victor vasarely 1937

6. Task 1 – Research – Book source
Book title/Author + Library location:
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• Optical Art: Theory and Practice Rene Parola
• Introducing OP art- John Lancaster
• OP ART- Frances Follin, Claus Pias, Martina Weinhart
However wasn’t able to find any books at College so these are just
books I found online.

7. Task 2a – Idea Generation [individual]
• Black and White Letters next to each other to look similar to the art
• Use colours that contrast with each other and quite large front on
title
• Use images of the art work as the background (could also use the
location as a background)
• Make sure the background and text stand out from each other
though.
• Give brief description of the art style and include name of artist in the
exhibition

8. Task 2a – Idea Generation [group]
• Minimalist
• Surrealist
• Black and white

9. Task 2b – Action Plan/Schedule
Session Activity Who is responsibile
1 Group tutorial
2 Whole group
3 Planning complete, production start Individual
4 Production -non digital Erin
5 production Individual
6 production inidividual
7 Evaluation, check for errors
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Complete playing

10. Task 2b – Action Plan/Schedule
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• Add notes here on how you stuck to your plan/had to change your
plan and why
I had to reconsider font size so that all the words fit on the poster
I to get rid of the summary of op art because there wasn’t enough room and I had to change font colour
because the otherwise the writing would be too close together.
Used 3D options to make text stand out
I used Erin’s drawing of a pin for the non-digital part and put it on the poster
I used A4 size when I was making the poster as that is generally the standard size posters that advertise events
because they are big enough to stand out but are also quite so they can be pinned up easily.

11. Task 2c – Planning
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12. Task 4 – Production/Final Products
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This is the Art exhibition poster
Link to my blog is here: https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=742426524396
7093997#editor/target=post;postID=4861468060446956761;onPublishedMenu=allpo
sts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=0;src=link

13. Task 5 – Evaluation – Problem Solving
• Describe three problems you faced in your project and how you
solved these
• 1 I had to make fonts a lot smaller than planned and scrap the
summary of OP art otherwise the text wouldn’t have fit on the poster
• 2 Due the text being smaller the word were hard to see properly. I
fixed this by changing the colour of the font.
• 3 The title didn’t standout that much so I made it 3D, warped the text
and add an outline
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14. Task 5 – Evaluation – Working with others
• Choose three aspects of your production where you worked well with
your team and this benefited the project
• 1 The group members were helpful for instance we helped each other
with using the photoshop software.
• 2 There wasn’t any arguing or disagreements
• 3 Everybody was helpful when we were researching and
communicated information well.
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15. Task 5 – Evaluation - Feedback
• Discuss the feedback you received from your tutor during the project
and how you used this to improve the project
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16. Task 5 – Evaluation – Active Engagement
• Define active engagement in your studies and briefly explain how you
used it in this project
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17. Task 5 – Evaluation
Accessing and storing information
• Explain where the books/resources are for your area in the LC
• Explain how to take a book/resource out of the LC
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18. Task 5 – Evaluation
Accessing and storing information
• Explain where to store electronic information on the college network
• Explain where you upload work when it is completed
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19. Task 5 – Evaluation
Accessing and storing information
• Explain where to store electronic information on the college network
• Explain where you upload work when it is completed
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20. Task 6 - How do you learn best?
• Explain some of the ways you think you learn best [refer to the VAK
questionnaire results in tutorial]:
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21. Task 6 - How do you learn best?
• What makes it hard for you to study?
• What strategies do you think would benefit your studies?
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