Good Afternoon Primary 7,

I hope you are all having a fantastic week and looking forward to your leaving celebrations on Thursday.  I can’t quite believe that you are all in your last week of primary school.

Since you are all going to be busy on Thursday, we thought we could do some fun art this afternoon instead.  Have you all heard of optical illusions?  An optical illusion can use light, colour and pattern to create images that are deceptive to our brain.  Optical illusions trick our brains into seeing things which may not be real.  Today we are going to create our own optical illusions, but before we do that, have a look at some examples on this website and see if they trick your brain:

https://www.optics4kids.org/illusions

Lots of artists use optical art in their artwork so I thought we could give it a try.  Below, I have attached some you tube tutorials for you to follow.  You will have to follow the instructions very carefully and you may have to pause the video at points to allow you to catch up.  There are also lots of other examples on YouTube so feel free to try out some other ones or you could even try creating one of your own.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNEXzvnD7mI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAq2X-0FbGM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9Ke7GvPCVc

Once you have finished, pop it on your PLB so we can see what you have created.

Enjoy your afternoon,

Mrs Craig