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How to Draw Inky Wonderlands

Create and Colour Your Own Magical Adventure
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How to Draw Inky Wonderlands is a delightful guide that embarks readers on a creative journey through intricate and whimsical landscapes. Johanna Basford provides step-by-step instructions to help budding artists craft their own magical, detailed illustrations. It's a perfect blend of creativity and exploration, ideal for inspiring young and aspiring artists.
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You might enjoy this book if you love exploring your creativity through drawing and colouring. It's perfect for those who appreciate intricate details, as it guides you step-by-step in creating your own whimsical illustrations. Fans of imaginative art and those looking to embark on a creative journey with a touch of magic will find this book especially enchanting.

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Learn to draw and colour with expert tips and tuition from the global multi-million-copy-selling queen of colouring, Johanna Basford.

Unleash your inner artist and learn to draw with the 'queen of colouring' Johanna Basford.

In this beautiful, accessible guide, Johanna shares the fun, simple, no-skills-needed secrets to creating your own flora, fauna, and fantasies inspired by her bestselling and beloved colouring books.

With step-by-step exercises, inspiring prompts, and plenty of pages to colour, let your creativity run wild. How to Draw Inky Wonderlands invites you to develop your personal drawing style and master creating marvellous creatures and landscapes using only the pen or pencil in your hand and the wildest reaches of your imagination.

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How to Draw Inky Wonderlands by Johanna Basford has been praised for its detailed illustrations and inspiring prompts, which provide an accessible introduction to drawing enchanted designs. Reviewers appreciate its step-by-step instructions and creative guidance that cater to both beginners and those more experienced in drawing. The book is noted for encouraging artists of any age to explore their creativity within whimsical and intricate scenes.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780753553190

Publisher: Ebury Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 October 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Virgin Books

Audience: General / adult, Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 11.0mm

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 250.0mm

Weight: 471g

Pages: 96

About the Author

Johanna Basford is an illustrator and ink evangelist who prefers pens and pencils to pixels. Her intricate, hand-drawn illustrations are loved the world over by those who have coloured in (sometimes more than once) her bestselling books Small Victories, Rooms of Wonder, 30 Days of Creativity, Worlds of Wonder, How to Draw Inky Wonderlands, World of Flowers, Ivy and the Inky Butterfly, Johanna's Christmas, Magical Jungle, Lost Ocean, Enchanted Forest, and Secret Garden. An incredible 25 million copies sold. Johanna is a graduate of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design in Dundee, Scotland. She likes sugar mice, floral teacups, peonies, and bumblebees. Visit her online at johannabasford.com or follow @johannabasford.

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