Picture This

The Near-sighted Monkey Book

Lynda Barry author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Drawn and Quarterly

Publishing:19th Jan '27

£18.99

This title is due to be published on 19th January, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

This paperback is available in another edition too:

Picture This cover

Veteran cartoonist and MacArthur Genius grant recipient Lynda Barry s critically acclaimed creativity guide Picture This, the drawing companion to What It Is now available in paperback! Beloved cartoonist and educator Lynda Barry takes readers along for the ride of their lives in this incredible peek at her creative process. Picture This is one part book-within-a-book found by young Arna at the library (to her good friend Marlys s utter annoyance), and one part choose-your-own-adventure mind map to overcoming every fear you didn t know you had about drawing. If Barry s Eisner-Award winning book What It Is posed, explored, and answered the question 'Do you wish you could write?,' Picture This does the same with the question, 'Do you wish you could draw?' This charmingly unconventional mix of autobio cartooning, collage, and free association through the joy of the doodle lays the groundwork for the full Lynda Barry experience as seen in her other books Syllabus and Making Comics. This lush new paperback edition of a D&Q classic invites readers of all ages to nurture a drawing practice in a manner that is accessible to all who wish to learn.

In more than 200 pages of riotously distinct collages made with brush and paint, notebook paper, cutouts, tape and glue, Barry sets out to show you no, to remind you of the pleasures of inking, smudging and, most important, fumbling your way to inspiration. The New York Times. In her memoir-cum-workbooks What It Is and Picture This Barry puts her many talents into play. The books dense collages, lively cartoons, and hand-drawn text use autobiographical tidbits and philosophical flights of fancy to explore the creative impulse. The Paris Review

ISBN: 9781770469525

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

228 pages