Principle of Design: Rhythm & pattern

What is Visual Rhythm?

• Rhythm you perceive through your eyes rather than with your ears.

• used to guide the viewer through the piece

• impression of action in a work of art

Type of Rhythm which two or more elements are repeated in predictable sequence and creates a sense of contrast, variation and balance.

• Regular Rhythm

• Random Rhythm

• Alternating Rhythm

It is the principle of art concerned with decorative surface design, usually two-dimensional visual

• Rhythm

• Pattern

• Movement

It indicates movement through repetition of elements or objects.

• Movement

• Rhythm

• Pattern

What is the unit that is repeated in a visual pattern?

• Module

• Pattern

• Motif