This is part 3 of a How To Academy talk.

Celebrate your deep human impulse to creative practice, and bring colour to your life.

Since her 2013 New York Times bestseller Secret Garden introduced the world to the joy of colouring, Johanna Basford’s intricate, hand-drawn illustrations have brought the Scottish artist global acclaim – alongside innumerable awards, solo exhibitions, and commissions by some of the world’s most influential brands, from Sony to Nike. She joins How To Academy to celebrate our deep human impulse to creative practice and explore the power of art to nourish the soul.

Johanna Basford OBE is the ink evangelist and creator of Secret Garden, Enchanted Forest, Lost Ocean, Magical Jungle, Johanna’s Christmas, Ivy and the Inky Butterfly, World of Flowers and Worlds of Wonder. Johanna’s intricate, hand-drawn illustrations are loved by her many fans; to date she has sold over 21 million colouring books worldwide. On YouTube, Johanna has been featured on Maggie’s Colours, Chris Cheng, Helene Jeppesen, Andri Coloring, IkasColorings, Penguin Books Penguin Classics, Sarah Renae Clark, Rachel Henderson, and Colour with Claire. Her own channel, which has 88k subscribers, is where you can find Johanna’s Inky Art School, her Top 5 Colouring tips, and various other colouring tutorials.

Hannah MacInnes is a broadcaster and journalist. Alongside hosting How To Academy’s live programmes and podcast, she presents a cultural show on Times Radio and interviews on-stage at a number of other major literary events. She is the host of The Klosters Forum Podcast series and has written for the Radio Times, the Evening Standard and TLS. Before going freelance she worked for 8 years at BBC Newsnight, as Planning Editor and as a Producer / Filmmaker.