Another 10p secondhand bookshop find. Google Translate tells me...

Another 10p secondhand bookshop find. Google Translate tells me this is “Ugly And The Frightening Witch”, so doubtless thrills aplenty in this Danish kids’ tome. I bought it for the late-60s/early-70s-tastic illustrations, which inside are of the immensely-overworked-pen type that makes everything look like it was painted through chainmail armour. Marvellous period stuff. #illustration #books #danish #denmark #bookcover #painting #drawing #fairytale #childrensliterature #1970s #1960s #70s #60s #penandink #linedrawing

Kandinsky’s UFO sighting report, as told to Franz Kafka #linocut...

Kandinsky’s UFO sighting report, as told to Franz Kafka #linocut #print #test #testprint #vassilykandinsky #kandinsky #painter #artist #print #printing #printmaking #art #artistsoninstagram #blackandwhite #kafka #franzkafka

Straight outta 1973: poetry books for kids don’t come much...

Straight outta 1973: poetry books for kids don’t come much urban-jungle-depressing than this. Luckily the poems are mostly decent and not all about pollution/alienation. Bought for 50p at the local secondhand bookshop. #bookshopping #bookshop #poetry #1970s #70s #seventies #childrensliterature #poem #books #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #retro #oldschool

This beautiful work is part of the Peter Blake watercolour &...

This beautiful work is part of the Peter Blake watercolour & drawing retrospective that’s just opened at @waddingtoncustot in London. Well worth a visit. The early pieces in particular are fascinating. #peterblake #painting #drawing #watercolour #art #exhibition #london #gallery #popart #british #portrait #bird #birdpainting #dartfordwarbler (at Waddington Custot)

As seen at the local secondhand bookshop today. (It’s from 1932,...

As seen at the local secondhand bookshop today. (It’s from 1932, and it’s a bit economics-heavy). #blimey #books #bookstagram #bookspines #bookshop #typography #design #shopping #secondhand #1930s #30s #thirties

This is in the Victoria & Albert museum here in London. It’s...

This is in the Victoria & Albert museum here in London. It’s a biscuit tin. #amazing #books #bookspines #bookstagram #biscuits #cookies #cookiejar #biscuittin #victoriaandalbertmuseum #london #museum #antique #popularart #tea (at Victoria and Albert Museum)

More watercolours, because… more is more. And for greater...

More watercolours, because… more is more. And for greater accuracy (like *that’s* ever important in art) I made a mixing chart. Naturally there should be several different versions of this as these mixtures are all straight 1:1 (unless they need a little help - I’m looking at you, Terre Verte) but hey, this one took me all day and life’s too short etc. #watercolour #watercolor #paint #painting #paintmixing #colour #color #chart #art #minimalism #grid #artist #studio

Watercolour audit. The more you have, the more difficult it all...

Watercolour audit. The more you have, the more difficult it all becomes. So I think I’ll stick with this many and do the whole “Honour thy error as thy true intention” thing. #painting #art #watercolour #palette #artshop #drawing #sketch #sketchbook #colour #color #artistsoninstagram #brianeno #obliquestrategies

London, 1968. It’s well known that during that year the city was...

London, 1968. It’s well known that during that year the city was peopled by just five blokes in fancy dress. This pamphlet commemorates the year of the ‘pentumvirate’, and the sordid mess the inconsiderate gits left behind at the end of it. #documentation #pamphlet #london #pentumvirate #fancydress #design #typography #illustration #art #museumoflondon #museum (at Museum of London)

There’s no such thing as Too Much Festival Of Britain Tat. At...

There’s no such thing as Too Much Festival Of Britain Tat. At the Museum of London. #ephemera #design #typography #1950s #50s #festivalofbritain #london #southbank #history #memorabilia #museumoflondon (at Museum of London)