Black-and-white art presents a study of opposites in stark contrast to one another. One black-and-white art project uses the silhouette in black on a stark white background. The process involves standing the subject in front of a bright light and tracing his shadow, cutting it out of black paper and mounting it on white paper. Alternatively, an opposites art project could pair a color drawing or photograph with a black-and-white mirror image for a startling contrast.
Summer is the opposite of winter in more than just temperatures. The heat of summer brings a hazy shimmer you find at no other time. The bright colors of summer flowers, green grass and full trees, combined with the bare arms and legs of summer dress, contrasts sharply with winter's leafless trees, bundled bodies and possible drifts of white snow. Spring and fall offer an equally dramatic contrast, from tender blossoms and new life to the colorful falling leaves and life moving toward hibernation. Demonstrate seasonal opposites with an art project depicting the same location -- in photographs, drawings or watercolor landscapes -- at different times of the year.
Art involves more than images; it can involve textures, too. Textured opposite options include old and weathered wood barns contrasted with brightly painted metal barns, or smooth, white marble posed against the rough, natural weathered face of a granite cliff. Cover a facade with the soft down of goose feathers and contrast it with the hard metal, but beautifully latticed, framework supporting the facade. Each of these provide tactile and visual opposites combined in one artistic composition.
The spiritual aspects of life include many opposites that have been explored by artists through the centuries. One option contrasts the earth without form and void as described in Genesis 1:1 and the beauty of the Garden of Eden with its many forms of life. Art projects can explore the visual contrast of heaven and hell, including the opposites embodied by angels and demons, God and Lucifer, clouds and fire or eternal joy of life contrasted with eternal torment.