The Secret Garden - Art Print

This whimsical A5 wall art print titled ‘The Secret Garden’ from the Books Alive set has been hand illustrated using fine liner pens, digitally coloured, and printed in Melbourne by The Nonsense Maker. The highly detailed drawing portrays a vibrant yellow copy of The Secret Garden, a much loved children’s book by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The front cover of the book features an arched wooden garden gate, which has swung open slightly to reveal a mass of yellow, orange and purple flowers. A few flowers also creep out from between the pages of the book. Inspired by a dreamlike world where little is what it seems, this art print has a vibrant colour palette, with bold and pastel yellow, and pink and purple flowers.

The Nonsense Maker’s ‘The Secret Garden’ art print is hand made in Melbourne using all Australian suppliers. Beginning with a pencil sketch before moving to pen, a method called crosshatching is used to create the depth and the tone you see in the final design. This fine line art is then scanned into a computer and coloured digitally. All our art prints are printed on the highest quality paper with fade-resistant pigment ink, giving them the same life span as a painting.

Take a look at our original artwork page to see how The Nonsense Maker’s Melbourne art prints look before they are coloured!

Wall art prints are an expression of yourself and are the perfect way to make a space uniquely your own. Framed art is about finding the right balance of size, colour and composition, and it can be tricky. If you are feeling a little lost on how to frame art prints, check out our blog page for our best tips for decorating with wall art.

The Nonsense Maker’s Australian art prints are imagined from a fun and whimsical world where dreaming meets reality. Sometimes silly and sometimes sad, inspired by etching techniques used by old time illustrators. While the handmade greeting cards have much less detail, the book art prints can take up to 60 hours to create. Each of The Nonsense Maker’s wall art prints come packaged with a vintage book inspired backing board, and a short story of the inspiration behind the print.

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