David Gentleman on his year drawing London - gallery

After a lifetime drawing London, the watercolourist David Gentleman set out to discover if it's possible to look afresh at the place where you live. He spent a year immersing himself in the metropolis, capturing the teeming crowds and the ever-shifting light of its changeable skies. Here he introduces a selection of images from throughout the year, and tells how his familiar world was transformed

• David Gentleman
• guardian.co.uk, Thursday 26 July 2012 15.38 BST

Evening, Camden Town
I spent all of last year drawing London, a place I'd lived in for over 60 years and felt I already knew perfectly well. That turned out to be wrong

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