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Principles

This document discusses key principles of visual arts including patterns created through repeating elements, contrast through differences in light and dark or textures, balance in distributing visual weight, emphasis on the main focus, unity through similar elements, proportion and scale in dimensional relationships, rhythm and movement through implied motion, and variety and repetition to create patterns or differences for visual interest.

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Principles

This document discusses key principles of visual arts including patterns created through repeating elements, contrast through differences in light and dark or textures, balance in distributing visual weight, emphasis on the main focus, unity through similar elements, proportion and scale in dimensional relationships, rhythm and movement through implied motion, and variety and repetition to create patterns or differences for visual interest.

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PRINCIPLES OF VISUAL

ARTS
PATTERNS
made by repeating or echoing
the visual elements of an
artwork..
CONTRAST
Differences in a work of
art. Light & dark, rough
& smooth, curved line &
straight
BALANCE
Is the distribution of the
visual weight of objects
in a work of art. Color,
size, texture.
RADIAL BALANCE
EMPHASIS
Main idea, the main
focus, the thing your eyes
sees first.
UNITY
A similar element
throughout a work of art
that brings the parts
together.
PROPORTION/SCALE
refers to the dimensions
of a composition and
relationships between
height, width and depth
RHYTHM/MOVEMENT
Visual elements in a work
of art that creates a sense
of action or implied
motion.
VARIETY/REPETION
The repeated use of particular
elements of visual arts to create a
pattern, movement, rhythm, or
unity. The use of the elements of
visual arts to create differences in
an artwork for visual interest .
THAT’S ALL
THANK YOU

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