Day 0103

Russia and the Arts exhibition. Repin could paint, though I suspect he was a better draughtsman. Thick, buttery oils. Reflective varnish. Vasily Perov scratching with end of brush through the wet paint to the warm brown ground to do whisps of hair.

Leonardo cartoon at National Gallery. Sketched it there, but I couldn't concentrate because of the tourists and the dim light. Worked from photo of it for tonight's drawing.