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The brilliance of Turner

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Few of us would disagree that JMW Turner was one of the finest painters of all time. Skilled and versatile in both oils and watercolour, he also produced some outstanding pencil and ink drawings in his sketchbooks. In this article, I’ll be taking a brief look at some of his methods of working, his palette and papers, and in particular his watercolour sketches found in almost 300 bound

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