Harry Potter: Hogwarts Textbooks Book Stack

This hand-lettered book stack painting features twelve Hogwarts textbooks all young wizards must procure. I referenced as much as possible from Harry Potter movie props, but took artistic license where necessary. All text is done freehand—no fonts in sight! The composition is then digitally painted, utilizing traditional watercolor techniques. Art prints are available as a small 5”x7”, a medium 8”x10”, and a large 16”x20”.

Textbooks featured:

• Quidditch Through the Ages by Kennilworthy Whisp

• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander

• The Standard Book of Spells by Miranda Goshawk

• Defense Against the Dark Arts by Galatea Merrythought

• A Beginner’s Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch

• Advanced Potion Making by Libatius Borage

• Magical Me by Gilderoy Lockhart

• Unfogging the Future by Cassandra Vablatsky

• A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot

• 1,000 Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore

• Hogwarts: A History by Bathilda Bagshot

• The Monster Book of Monsters by Edwardus Lima

I comb through reference images of book spines, pick my favorites, and build a color scheme that mirrors the themes of the genre. I then carefully sketch out the text.

From there, I ink the text with traditional inking brushes and paint the whole stack with digital watercolor brushes and traditional painting techniques.

Also available in a 5 pack set of 5”x7” prints

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