Principles of Design

The arrangement of elements in such a way as to highlight their similarities

• Variety

• Unity

• Harmony

• Balance

What is Repetition?

• Highlighting part of an artwork to draw attention to it

• The repeated use of similar elements

• The repeated use of similar elements, but with variations, to create a sense of movement

• The arrangement of elements that give the viewer the feeling that all the parts of the piece form a coherent whole.

What is emphasis?

• The arrangement of elements that give the viewer the feeling that all the parts of the piece form a coherent whole.

• The juxtaposition of related and significantly different elements

• The arrangement of elements so that they lead the eye throughout an artwork

• Highlighting part of an artwork to draw attention to it

The arrangement of elements so that they lead the eye throughout an artwork

• Rhythm

• Movement

• Variety

• Direction

The use of similar and different elements in an artwork

• Balance

• Harmony

• Unity

• Variety

What is contrast?

• The arrangement of elements so that they work together as a whole

• The repeated use of similar elements, but with variations, to create a sense of movement

• The juxtaposition of related and significantly different elements

• The spatial relationship of one object to another or to the whole

The arrangement of elements so that they work together as an equal visual whole

• Unity

• Harmony

• Variety

• Balance

The spatial relationship of one object to another or to the whole

• What is a fraction?

• What is proportion?

• What is balance?

• What is harmony?

What is harmony?

• The use of similar and different elements in an artwork

• The repeated use of similar elements, but with variations, to create a sense of movement

• The spatial relationship of one object to another or to the whole

• The arrangement of elements that give the viewer the feeling that all the parts of the piece form a coherent whole.

The repeated use of similar elements, but with variations, to create a sense of movement

• Repetition

• Rhythm

• Movement

• Pattern