was able to scrutinize them over a long period. When he was an old man he said to Vollard: ΓÇÿThe outline escapes me.ΓÇÖ
In addition to oil paintings, he produced many watercolours, a medium he used with great skill. He would lay areas of translucent colour on a preliminary drawing, but instead of covering the entire paper, he left spaces between the coloured areas, and these brought light into the compositions. It is clear from these works that C┼╜zanne did not restrict colour to the confines of the preliminary contours, and he later applied this technique to his oil paintings.
