Lessons for Young 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 your relationship with your art, and with 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.

With lush illustrations, anecdotes and explanations of how he made some of his most famous work, this is a unique guide to the nature and practice of art-making which will encourage and inspire artists young and old.<>

Product details

• Authors: David Gentleman
• Publisher: Particular Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 03.07.2025
• EAN: 9780241692813
• ISBN: 978-0-241-69281-3
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 147 mm x 197 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; ART / Techniques / Drawing, ART / Techniques / Painting, Art techniques & principles, Gift books, Painting & paintings, Drawing & drawings, The Arts: techniques and principles, Painting, drawing and art manuals, Drawing and drawings, Prints and printmaking, Paintings and painting