This large piece has a lively, humorous personality—the zebras look like they are posing for a group photograph. The composition is focused and uncluttered using a neutral, softly textured grey-beige background stripped of environmental distractions. By limiting the color palette to stark blacks, whites, earth tones, and warm greys, the simplicity of the backdrop lets…
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The results of a Zorn palette…..
The Swedish artist Anders Zorn (18 February 1860 – 22 August 1920) was one of Sweden’s foremost artists and famous for his limited palette. It is reported that he used only three colours for most of his works — yellow ochre, vermillion and ivory black, plus white. The result of this combination were some beautifully…
Jug still life – A limited palette
I have wanted to try my hand at still life painting for a while now, but haven’t felt quite confident enough to take on the challenge on my own. It was in school last that I did any kind of still life painting so I was looking for support in the form of online courses…
