And it's just amazing to see how so many people can take the same collection of images and make them so different and unique. My inbox was getting absolutely jammed with people sending photographs of all the different pages of the coloring book. On how people have responded to her books So it was, you know, almost like an art book, not a children's coloring book where the drawings are quite simple, but something that's really beautiful that you just wanted to own and to have out and to show your friends. I actually was a textile designer - that was what I trained as - and what I wanted to do was to make a book where every page was just beautiful. But no matter what the picture, there just layers of depth and detail. Every illustration has little things hidden in it, so it might be a rogue butterfly or a little half-hidden robin, or, you know, a cheeky little squirrel gathering nuts. How?Įverything is hand-drawn, just pen and ink, really floral, very intricate. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Secret Garden Subtitle An Inky Treasure Hunt and Coloring Book Author Johanna Basford
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