Whitewash and Brown Paint: The Sketchbooks of Percy Kelly

The sketch books of artist Percy kelly were found after his death in 1993 by writer and gallery owner Chris wadsworth. They began in the war in 1940 and trace his progress through his time as a postal worker scribblind down sketches as he went about his business, through his time as sub postmaster neglecting hid duties to go out and draw, through his college days as a mature student and his running away to Wales with a surgeon's wife. This man could draw. His eye was unerring and his grasp of perspective perfect. He got it right first time, every time. In this book his sketches are shown often juxtapositioned against the painting or drawing that developed from it. It is an insight into the method of working and the genius of Percy Kelly