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How to Use Notan for Stronger Oil Paintings

By Deirdre Hayes

Type
Article
Level
Beginner
Price
Free
Published
2025
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About this lesson

Teaches notan—the Japanese light-dark harmony technique—for simplifying outdoor scenes before painting. Demonstrates both hand-drawn value studies and digital notan exploration using the Notanizer app to assess composition viability before committing to color work.