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Repetition is the reoccurrence of the same use of an element twice or more.  For example multiple uses of: the same form of a cube, the same hue of yellow, or the same gritty texture.  Repetition can create a sense of movement.  It may also add to the unity of an artwork.  Repetition may be described in terms of pattern or rhythm.  Pattern or Rhythm in terms of art is the repeated alternation of the same element.  For example, red/yellow/blue - red/yellow/blue, or straight line/jagged line - straight line/jagged line.   "Twilight Woods" uses a lot of repetition.  Similar shaped tree leaves and trunks repeat at various values giving a perception of depth.  As the viewer's eye moves horizontally across the top of the trunks there is a rhythm of the positive spaces of the trees, and the negative spaces in between them.   Moving horizontally across the brown trunk there is a repetition of light and dark values giving texture and form.  The texture of the grass and the bushes repeat.  The colour white repeats in the unicorn and the cat helping to visually pair them. The repetition of the vertical line in the trees, door, grass, and unicorn's legs add to the sense of unity in the piece. "Finders Keepers" also uses a lot of repetition.  The exact shape of the bricks, the square window panes, and the chairs inside the kitchen are each used multiple times.  The same hue of yellow is repeated in the fairies.  A rhythm is created with the leaves as the viewer's eye follows them and the space between them along the curves of the vine.  The pie crust has a pattern of lighter and darker values of brown around it's edge.  The use of repetition adds to the sense of movement in the piece.

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