Book description
David Gentleman has been drawing London all his adult life, and for
the past year has spent his days focused on looking afresh at the
city. The resulting book of sketches, drawings and watercolours,
arranged month by month, shows a year in the life of London and
reveals the city that is hidden in plain view. From its surprising
expanse of sky to the crushed closeness of the tube, from Rainham
Marshes to Hampstead Heath, David Gentleman gives us London on a human
scale. Accompanied by his thoughts on looking and drawing, whether it
is what catches his eye in a certain square or selecting the media -
pencil, pen and ink, watercolour - best suited to capture each of the
city's various aspects, as well as his reflections on the place he has
lived in for over sixty years, this is a book for all those inspired
by London, art and design.
David Gentleman is a watercolourist and printmaker, working in many
media and scales. He has designed British stamps and coins and the
platform-length mural at Charing Cross tube station, well-known to
Londoners, that is blown up from his wood engravings. His studio is at
the top of an early Victorian house in Camden Town between the
crowded, rackety Camden Lock and the green spaces of Regent's Park and
Primrose Hill.
David Gentleman is a painter and printmaker, working in many mediums.
He has designed British postage stamps and coins, and the
platform-length mural,
blown up from his wood engravings, well-known to Londoners, at Charing
Cross on the underground. His studio is at the top of an early Victorian
house in Camden Town between the crowded, rackety Camden Lock and the
green spaces of Regent's Park and Primrose Hill.
