This time, she used a restricted palette influenced by a trip she made to Egypt, where she was struck by how the ancient Egyptians, using just a few colours, had conveyed the effect of what she has called the "light-mirroring desert".
This time, she used a restricted palette influenced by a trip she made to Egypt, where she was struck by how the ancient Egyptians, using just a few colors, had conveyed the effect of what she has called the "light-mirroring desert".
The real challenge was to produce food that you actually wanted to eat when you were painting, as it were, with a restricted palette.
Using a severely restricted palette, Whistler draws attention to the arrangement of large, simplified forms, so that the curves of the model's face, dress and chair are grounded by the rectangles of the curtain, footstool and the floor.
Compared to past works, the "London Pictures" have a relatively restricted palette: tabloid black and white, highlighted with blood red.
The gardens of Villa Gamberaia are so famous for their structural rigor and restricted palette that a historian once detailed the tonal variations of green.
To achieve a greater dynamic range in your paintings you will eventually need to augment this restricted palette.
Don't be fooled by the bold lines, aggressively restricted palette, or startling subject matter - he could paint the hind legs off a donkey.
His change is in using a broader palette of strategies.
Keep colors matching by using a limited palette.
