Bridget Riley

Bridget Riley

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Brief Bio

• Born in England 25 April, 1931• Started as a pointillist painter• 1959-61 color field painting• 1961-65 worked in black and white

and started using curved parallel lines to create a “billowing” effect

• Followed the works of Op Artist, Victor Vasarely

• Later moved to color

Victor Vasarely

Zebra, 1944

Bridget Riley

Blaze 1, 1962

Arrest 1, 1965

Descending, 1965

Orange, Yellow, and Two Blues, Zig –Zag, 1971

“Parasol,” 1984 “Orphean Elegy,” 1979

“Reve,” 1999

“The Queen Opens the Tate”

Nataraja  1993

Fourth Grade Projects

• White Drawing Paper• Pencils• Crayons

• Draw your name in cursive, filling up the paper lengthwise.

• Draw contour lines that hug the shape of your name above and below.

• Make some lines close together and some farther apart.

• Make some lines thick and some lines thin.

• When coloring in the spaces, you may use solid color or pattern.

Supplies Procedures

Fourth Grade Examples

Fifth Grade Project

• Cardboard Circle• Pencil• Erasers• Markers

• Begin in the center with the middle letter of your name.

• Work towards the outer edges, drawing lightly.

• Color name with ONE color marker.

• Design background using no more than 3 colors.

Supplies Procedures

Fifth Grade Examples