LESSONS FOR YOUNG ARTISTS (HB)

Designer, illustrator, painter, engraver and activist – David Gentleman shares what he has learned over the course of a lifetime of making and thinking about art. These unconventional prompts and reflections that will deepen how you think about art and the world around you. 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.