Wreck this journal

A new edition of Keri Smith's bestseller, with updated material.

Think of Wreck This Journal as the anarchist artist's way: the book for those who always wanted to draw outside the lines, but were afraid to do so.

For anyone who has ever wanted to, but had trouble starting, keeping, or finishing a journal or sketchbook, comes Wreck This Journal, a picture book that presents a subversive collection of suggestions, asking readers to marshal their best error and problem-creating skills. Fill the pages of the book (and destroy them).

Through a series of creatively and quirkily illustrated prompts, acclaimed artist Keri Smith encourages journalists to engage in "destructive" acts: punching pages, adding photos and defacing them, painting with coffee, colouring outside the lines and more, in order to experience the true creative process. With Keri Smith's unique sensibility, readers are introduced to a new way of making art and journals, discovering novel ways to escape the fear of the blank page and participate fully in the creative process.

Bestselling author Keri Smith is a freelance illustrator by trade and has illustrated for the Washington Post, The New York Times, Ford Motor Company, People, The Body Shop and Hallmark. She is the author of Wreck This Journal, How To Be An Explorer of the World and Mess. Originally from Canada, she lives in the United States.

• Pages: 144
• Language: English
• Author: Keri Smith
• Year: 2014
• MODEL: 9780141976143

Publisher: Penguin