Optical Illusion Worm Art

LI: To experiment with dark, medium and light values and to explore optical illusion art.

Our art project was based around creating an optical illusion worm art piece. We practiced blending and shading colours. 

Optical Illusion Worm Art is a type of art that looks like it moves or plays tricks on the naked eye. Optical Illusion Worm Art looks like many worms that have bunched up.

The optical illusion effect is usually caused by the dark, medium and light values which is also known as blending or shading.

The worm effect is caused by the shapes used to create the art and the dark lines made by the vivid (the vivid was used to make the outlines of the shape). 

Dark, medium and light values play an important role in art, especially optical illusion art because it creates the 3D and shading effect.

We started by creating the outlines of the worms in black vivid. First, we drew a wavy line in the middle of the paper and drew 5 to 7 dots evenly on the line. We proceeded to connect the dots with semi-circles until the page was filled out.

After this, we used coloured pencils to colour in the worms. We shaded the colours by creating dark values on the outer sides of the woms and blend the colours lighter as the colours get closer to the middle.

I enjoyed this activity because I learnt a new kind of art type and was able to practice blending and shading colours with dark, medium and light values.