I love the tactile nature of the materials I use and the joy of smudgy fingerprints. Much of my work has roots in the flora and fauna that surrounded me growing up on my parent's fish farm in rural Scotland.Įvery piece I create starts life as a simple pencil sketch, evolving into a rambling pen and ink drawing usually spanning several sheets of paper. My creativity is cultivated by a curious imagination and a delight in the fantastic. I create intricate, hand drawn illustrations that adorn colouring books, coffee cups, trainers, walls, beer bottles and even walls! I'm an illustrator and ink evangelist who prefers pens and pencils to pixels. Tumble down the rabbit hole and find yourself in my inky black and white Wonderland. Johanna Basford is an illustrator and ink evangelist who creates intricate and hand-drawn illustrations rooted in the flora and fauna that surrounds her home in rural Scotland.I'm on a mission to inspire the world to be creative! ‘Coloring books for adults have been around for decades, but Basford’s success…has helped to create a massive new industry category.’ The New Yorker ‘Prepare yourself to get lost in a magical world with this interactive activity book that takes you through a secret garden of incredible drawings by Johanna Basford.’ Buzzfeed It’s the colouring–in book you wish you had the hand–eye coordination to do, aged two.’ The Independent ‘Joanna Basford’s Secret Garden is an ‘inky treasure hunt and colouring book’ filled with intricate drawings waiting to be brought to life.

These intricate, magical drawings from Secret Garden by Johanna Basford are just waiting to be brought to life.’ The Guardian It has been translated into over 44 languages. Secret Garden: An Inky Treasure Hunt and Colouring Book was her first book. Johanna Basford has sold over 21 million books worldwide. Use felt tip pens to add a splash of colour or a black pen with a fine nib to create your own doodles and details. There are pictures to colour, mazes to solve, patterns to complete and lots of space for you to add your own inky drawings. This interactive colouring book takes you on a ramble through a garden created in beautifully detailed pen–and–ink illustrations by Johanna Basford. Secret Garden: An Inky Treasure Hunt and Colouring Book by Johanna Basford is one of the world’s bestselling adult colouring books with 96 colouring pages waiting to be brought to life with colour.

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