Bridget Riley’s art work come to light when my tutor Lesley
told me to take a look after comparing my work to hers. Bridget’s paintings
were very striking and easily influenced many designers of the time. Op Art
became a very popular style within the mid-sixties. An abstract, monochrome approach
that creates illusions between your eyes and the paper.
In a tutorial for my sketchbook, Lesley said my drawings were
becoming quite optical, and asked me to experiment with this on paper and within
Photoshop.
Taking Lesley's advice, I scanned my initial drawings and layered them in Photoshop. Once the image was inverted creating white lines on black, parts of the image became very optical (where the lines crossed over)- consequently relating brilliantly to the work of Bridget Riley. I loved the depth that this created within the image and proceeded to create a couple of similar images to these. I am excited to use just black and white within my weaves, and using different techniques to hopefully make optical effects.
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