A lifetime's learning about art from one of Britain's leading artists We are all artists as
children painting and drawing each day. Most of us stop when we get older - but David
Gentleman kept going. For over ninety years he has been drawing painting engraving and
printing rising to become one of Britain's best-known and most loved artists. His watercolours
have filled galleries his iconic wood cuts are emblazoned across posters book jackets and
train stations his stamps have made their way to the furthest corners of the world. Here the
great polymathic artist and craftsman shares what he has learned over the course of a lifetime
of making and thinking about art. Unlike his contemporaries Gentleman was never a teacher his
lessons are a sequence of unconventional prompts and reflections that will deepen how you think
about art and the world around you. Sincere practical and unpretentious Gentleman's insights
are a breath of fresh air. Here are new ways to focus notice the world and cultivate your own
style techniques to evolve your work from playing with time to painting in bad weather
methods for getting the most out of mistakes and negative criticism and above all reminders
to return always to the simple delights of creativity.
