
considering the flat colours that were used at the time, I guess he was miles ahead of the rest.
Did you read about the camera obscura theory? Apparently it explains why he never made preliminary sketches.
In other news, no-one paints water like Aivasovsky. Absolutely beautiful.
EDIT: I refer the honourable gentleman to this
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Fri 13 Mar 2009, 13:15,
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Did you read about the camera obscura theory? Apparently it explains why he never made preliminary sketches.
In other news, no-one paints water like Aivasovsky. Absolutely beautiful.
EDIT: I refer the honourable gentleman to this

this, very much.
He is also quite good at sea battles: thusly
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Fri 13 Mar 2009, 13:34,
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He is also quite good at sea battles: thusly