Lessons for Young Artists

Lessons for Young Artists is anything but a how-to manual or didactic textbook. Instead, it’s like a visit to David Gentleman’s studio where you sit at his shoulder, watching him work, while he shares tips, wisdom, anecdotes … Finding beauty in the neglected, unnoticed moments that pass us by is a lesson that can be applied to anyone’s life, ‘Young Artist’ or not. This is diamond advice, lightly given -- Jonathan Jones * Guardian * Gentleman distils more than seven packed decades into an inspiring primer for the hobbyist and art school graduate alike -- Susie Mesure * Financial Times * Gentleman has been responsible for some of the most-seen public artworks in this country, from more than 100 commissioned stamp designs, through the illlustrations in the astonishingly popular 1957 cookery book Plays du Jour, to a platform-length mural at Charing Cross Underground Station (passed through bya whopping 60,000 passengers a day) * The Times * It takes a special kind of person to hit their 10th decade and still see fresh beauty in the city they’ve called home for 70 years * i News * Gentleman, more than anyone else, was responsible for demonstrating the possibilities of the postage stamp, a tiny shard of visual pleasure and interest that could make art a natural accompaniment to the everyday act of communication for millions of people * Apollo * It would be tempting to describe Gentleman as a pillar of the British establishment were it not for his anti-establishment leanings … For decades he has been working steadily as a designer-illustrator in a tradition of his own making * Eye Magazine * David Gentleman is London's visual laureate -- Quentin Blake David has spent a lifetime depicting with wit and affection a London he has made his own -- Alan Bennett