Principles of Design with Cool Colours Poster

Display the principles of design in your classroom or art studio with this colourful and creative poster. This poster includes the principles of design including: balance, emphasis, rhythm, contrast, harmony, pattern, proportion, repetition, variety, movement and unity. Each word illustrates the principle it names. Ask your students to pick a principle from the poster and explain how the word illustrates its meaning. Use this poster to help your students during an art critique; ask them to pick a principle of design and explain how a select work of art uses that principle of design.