Always lovely things in the @penguincollsoc mailouts, including this summer this wonderful survey of Pelican Books. Heartily recommended. #penguinbooks #penguincollector #penguincollectorssociety #pelicanbooks #bookdesign #bookcover #publishing #club #society #library #books #reading #piano #british #history
Loving my new iPad, v realistic colours especially when used with Apple Brush, Apple Paper & iWater. #technology #apple #ipad #watercolour #paintings #artmaterials #paper #brush #artistsoninstagram #artist #simple
New in the shop today, this print of Nico’s sublime album ‘Chelsea Girl’. Can’t tell you how much I love this record. See it here: bit.ly/nicobooks
James Brown, working on an early version of ‘Sex Machine’, 1943. #jamesbrown #lyrics #comic #war #drawing #comicbook #rnb #fighterplane #fighterpilot #airace #design
I’ve been doing a few more drawings of my old Art Foundation Course college recently. Apparently it burned down a few years ago (it woz nuffink to do wiv me, guv). #painting #watercolor #watercolour #contecrayon #landscape #landscapepainting #building #college #artcollege #artschool #england #street #art #artist #artistsofinstagram
Radiohead’s ‘Amnesiac’ was released on this day in 2001. Love hearing dear old Humphrey Lyttleton on 'Life In A Glass House’, especially the version with the long intro. This print of mine is available as usual via standarddesigns.etsy.com #radiohead #amnesiac #album #anniversary #print #poster #penguinbooks #bookstagram #booklover #shelfie #gift #humphreylyttelton #imsorryihaventaclue #isihac #jazz #trumpet #thomyorke #literature
Back to 1969 for my new print of Dusty Springfield’s classic ‘Dusty in Memphis’ album reimagined as a collection of Penguin books. It’s available now from standarddesigns.etsy.com #dustyspringfield #1969 #sixties #memphis #soul #pop #rnb #british #female #singer #dusty #penguinbooks #pelicanbooks #bookspines #bookart #bookcovers #classic #bookstagram #novel #collection #paperback #writer #gift #giftideas #design #typography #60sfashion
A lovely Peacock Book, bought for 50p at our local city farm today. #bookcover #bookdesign #peacock #peacockbooks #penguinbooks #pelicanbooks #london #secondhand #secondhandshop #farm #cityfarm #bargain #drawing
I expect that asterisk points to a footnote along the lines of ‘not really 'living’ as such, just barely scraping by from one day to the next’. #covfefe #language #englishlanguage #typography #book #bookdesign #bookcoverdesign #bookcovers #1960s #1970s #textbook #speech
