This document discusses repetition, rhythm, and pattern in art. It defines repetition as a single element that is repeated, rhythm as a combination of elements repeated with variation, and pattern as a combination of shapes repeated in a regular arrangement. Examples of different types of rhythms are provided, including random, regular, alternating, flowing, and progressive rhythms. Pattern is further explained as the repetition of motifs or units in a consistent way to form a design.

1. Value --Repetition, Ryhthm, and
Pattern
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2. Elements of Art
Line
Texture
Space/Perspective
Shape/Form
Color
Value

3. Principles of Design
Pattern
Rhythm/movement
Proportion Scale
Balance
Unity/Variety
Emphasis

4. Value
• Value is the lightness or darkness
of a color.
• You can obtain different values by
adding black or white to a color.
• A light color is called a tint of
the original hue. For example,
pink is a tint of red.
• To make a color darker in
value, black is added. A dark
color is called a shade of the
original hue. Maroon is a shade
of red.

5. Value –the relative luminosity
(light and dark of a color, or gray)
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6. Repetition refers to one object repeated;
Rhythm is a combination of elements
repeated, but with variation
Pattern is a combination of objects or shapes
repeated in a recurring and regular
arrangement;

7. Repetition, Rhythm and Pattern.
Repeating art elements in regular or
cyclical fashion can create interest,
movement, and/or harmony and unity.
Rhythms can be random, regular,
alternating, flowing, and progressive.
Classes of pattern include mosaics,
lattices, spirals, meanders, waves,
symmetry and fractals, among others.

8. REPETITION-Repeated use of a shape, color, or other
art element or design in a work can help unify different
parts into a whole. The repetition might be limited to
only an instance or two: not enough to create a pattern
or rhythm, but enough to cause a visual echo and
reinforce or accent certain aspects of the work.

9. Rhythm
When motifs or elements are repeated, alternated, or
otherwise arranged, the intervals between them or how
they overlap can create rhythm and a sense of
movement. In visual rhythm, design motifs become the
beats. Rhythms can be broadly categorized as random,
regular, alternating, flowing, and progressive.

10. Repetition is created when a similar line, shape, or color is repeated in a
composition

11. Repetition is created when a similar line, shape, or color is repeated in a
composition
• REPETITION OCCURS IN ALL FORMS OF RHYTHM AND PATTERNS. FOR
REPETITION TO OCCUR, ONE OF THE ELEMENTS NEEDS TO BE REPEATED
AT LEAST ONE TIME, GIVING A TOTAL OF 2 CHARACTERS WITHIN THE
COMPOSITION.

12. Rhythm

13. IRREGULAR OR RANDOM RHYTHM-Groupings of similar motifs or
elements that repeat with no regularity create a random
rhythm.

14. IRREGULAR OR RANDOM RHYTHM-Groupings of similar motifs or
elements that repeat with no regularity create a random
rhythm.

15. Regular Rhythm
A regular rhythm occurs when the intervals
between the elements, and often the elements
themselves, are similar in size or length

16. Regular Rhythm

17. Regular Rhythm

18. Regular Rhythm

19. Flowing Rhythm
• A flowing rhythm gives a sense of movement,
and is often more organic in nature

20. Flowing Rhythm

21. Flowing Rhythm

22. Progressive Rhythm
• A progressive rhythm shows a sequence of
forms through a progression of steps

23. Progressive Rhythm

24. Progressive Rhythm-creating a sense
of depth

25. Progressive Rhythm-creating a sense
of depth

26. Progressive Rhythm-creating a sense
of depth

27. Progressive Rhythm

28. Alternating Rhythm-Two or more different motifs may be alternated, such as
the black and red squares in a checkerboard; a single motif might be flipped,
mirrored or rotated every so many iterations; or the placement or spacing
between motifs can be alternated.

29. Alternating Rhythm-Two or more different motifs may be alternated, such as
the black and red squares in a checkerboard; a single motif might be flipped,
mirrored or rotated every so many iterations; or the placement or spacing
between motifs can be alternated.

30. Pattern-combination of shapes repeating in a recurring and
regular arrangement

31. Pattern is a repetition
of units or elements.
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32. The unit that repeats is called a MOTIF
• 4 motifs are
present 4 times
in this pattern.

33. This circle is a MOTIF…
in this PATTERN

34. Pattern-combination of shapes repeating in a recurring and
regular arrangement

35. Pattern

36. Pattern

37. Pattern

38. Pattern and rhythm in Art and Nature

39. Pattern in Art and nature

40. Pattern and rhythm in Art and Nature

41. Pattern and rhythm in Art and Nature

42. Pattern and rhythm in Art and Nature