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Audubon Print Primer

Audubon original editions can be confusing. We'll help you sort it all out. AUDUBON EDITIONS IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE Preparatory Watercolor Compositions "My drawings were first made entirely in watercolors."Not watercolors in the sense we are accustomed to, as Audubon's watercolors used mixed-media, such as papers, adhesives, glazes, pastels, graphite, oil paint, egg white, gouache, chalk and more. The watercolors were Audubon's original works, preparatory compositions or studies to the subsequent producing of the Birds of America. These watercolors were often painted by Audubon 'on the spot' in the field. The collection of 433* watercolors that Audubon supplied for his...

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