"David Gentleman在伦敦住了近70年，并且大部分时间都住在同一条街上。这本书记录了他一辈子的观察，绘画和对这座城市的了解，将他整个职业生涯中的作品汇聚在了一起，从他最早期的素描到几个月前画的水彩画。

这就是过去的伦敦和现在的伦敦：泰晤士河，汉普斯特德荒地；他的家乡卡姆登镇的街道，运河，市场和人；在这一切的核心，他的画室和他的创作工具。还有对画画过程的深思和对这座不断变化的城市的个人思考。

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"David Gentleman has lived in London for almost seventy years, most of it on the same street. This book is a record of a lifetime spent observing, drawing and getting to know the city, bringing together work from across his whole career, from his earliest sketches to watercolours painted just a few months ago.

Here is London as it was, and as it is today: the Thames, Hampstead Heath; the streets, canals, markets and people of his home of Camden Town; and at the heart of it all, his studio and the tools of his work. Accompanied by reflections on the process of drawing and personal thoughts on the ever-changing city, this is a celebration of London, and the joy of noticing, looking and capturing the world.

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