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AN UNCONVENTIONAL PAINTER
One day, a boy saw a man climb over the wall of his neighbour’s garden to steal some fruit.
He quickly went home and drew a likeness of the thief. The moment his father heard the story
and saw the picture, he took it to the authorities. It 8.1. ___________________________ out
to be very useful since the thief was soon caught. The boy was Thomas Gainsborough,
who grew up to be one of England’s most famous 18th-century painters, known both
8.2. ___________________________ the mastery of his craft and his unconventional
methods. He painted in semi-darkness, and sitters for portraits claimed that
8.3. ___________________________ they nor their portraits were visible. When painting
a landscape, he did not go outside, but constructed models from cork and coal, sand, moss,
and other materials. Yet, 8.4. ___________________________ a result of this unusual
practice, Thomas Gainsborough produced some of the most poetic paintings imaginable.