Johanna's Christmas: A Festive Colouring Book

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The perfect Christmas present for colouring fans, full of festive and winter themed illustrations by the multi-million-copy-selling worldwide phenomenon, Johanna Basford, creator of the global bestsellers, Lost Ocean, Enchanted Forest and Secret Garden. From the international bestselling illustrator and Queen of Colouring Johanna Basford comes a beautiful celebration of all things festive to colour, complete and embellish. Includes perforated and pull-out art prints, ideal for framing or giving as festive greetings. 'The colourists have a queen, and her name is Johanna Basford' -- New York Magazine 'Consider trading in your yoga mat for a set of markers and peruse the gorgeous gardens of Basford's imagination' -- The Huffington Post ******************************************************************************************* Delicate tangles of holly and ivy, bauble-laden Christmas trees and mountains of exquisitely wrapped gifts are all waiting to be brought to life in this collection of pull-out prints from ink evangelist Johanna Basford. From flurries of delicate snowflakes to deliciously decorated gingerbread houses and reindeer-led sleighs, Johanna's Christmas is a celebration of this wonderful holiday season that invites you to pick up your pens and pencils to colour, complete or embellish each of the festive artworks. Hidden in this book are a flock of elusive little robins - can you spot them all For this fun and festive colouring book Johanna has picked a crisp ivory paper that accentuates and compliments your chosen colour palette. The smooth, untextured pages allows for beautiful blending or gradient techniques with coloured pencils, or are perfect for pens, allowing the nib to glide evenly over the surface without feathering.

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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 Rooms 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. Johanna is a graduate of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee, Scotland. She likes sugar mice, floral teacups, peonies, and bumblebees. Visit her online at johannabasford.com or follow @johannabasford.