8th Grade Op Art Hand Design

Op Art – Also known as Optical Art; a style of visual art that uses optical illusions

Optical Illusion – a visual image that looks real but is not

Warm Colors - Red, Orange, Yellow

Cool Colors - Blue, Violet, Green

Step #1: Trace your hand with a pencil, include your forearm.

Step #2: With a ruler, start a horizontal line at the edge of the paper. When you reach your wrist make the line curve up as if it was going over your actual  wrist Do this in pencil first.

Trace over all your contour lines with a Sharpie

Choose a color scheme of either warm colors or cool colors

Warm colors - Red, Yellow and Orange

Cool Colors - Blue, Violet and Green

• DO NOT TRACE THE PENCIL OUTLINE OF YOUR HAND WITH SHARPIE!
• Erase the pencil outline of your hand
• Start at the top of the page with your colors and work your way down the page.
• Leave a highlight in the center of the curved lines - where the fingers and hand are.