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Writer Notan
A well organized arrangement of dark and light shapes creates an impression of beauty, regardless of either the colors used or of the subject matter. This is called “notan” from the Japanese word that means “dark light harmony”. Just about every successful master painting has a very strong notan structure. Notan is such a powerful factor in the success of your painting that it is one of the first things you should study.
A notan painting is small sketch or painting created using a limited number of values, often only two, and up to three or four. Use Tombo DTP N65 and N75 for the grays, and an Itoya Doubleheader calligraphy pen in black.
See the Notan Building Block for more information.
