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The Painting Lesson
by Linda Carson
big black pig studio
98 King St. N., Waterloo Ontario Canada
www.bigblackpig.com
Low-Key
If we say a painting is "low-key" we mean that most or all of the image is dark in value. For example, colours mixed with black, called "shades," are low-key. It's the opposite of "high-key", of course.
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For example: Most of the colours in this painting are dark, or low-key. |
These example paintings also feature low-key palettes:
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Loosely translated, that means:
"Please don't copy this material or redistribute it
in some other form, for any reason.
This is my livelihood."