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Which artistic materials did John Constable use for his early studies of nature?
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John Constable
Self-portrait by John Constable, detail of a drawing in pencil and watercolour, c. 1804; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
During the first part of the decade following 1802, John Constable preferred using watercolour and graphic media for his studies of nature. While he had made some early explorations in oil, he did not begin regularly sketching in that medium until 1808.12