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Painting Mioko
In this post you can see the illustration 'Mioko on Canvas' that I created for Chapter Thirty One of Dwelling. It is an interesting process to create a drawing of a painting in progress, this isn't the first time I've had to create one of Dorian's unfinished canvases, previously I have drawn Dorian's painting of a tenement building.
Mioko sat cross-legged on a chair in the center of Dorian's makeshift studio. Deeply focused, Dorian sat ten feet away, his eyes either pressed an inch or two from the canvas or looking over to appraise the shadows and highlights around Mioko's form.
Chapter Thirty One of Dwelling by Doug Karr.
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Creating an illustration for Dwelling
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Creating this image was a bit of a messy process. I masked off an area that would become the neutral background of the canvas and then applied water and ink, flicking and spattering the ink onto the paper.
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Dorian squirted out another blob of red paint. He loved her salty edge. It was exactly the reason he'd asked her to sit. The more he looked, the more he felt she really did have a ramshackle beauty, unique to this time and place, but with a pleasingly repellant quality hidden underneath. She was a perfect set of contrary forces, striking yet somehow menacing. The more he looked, the stronger he felt it. She was perfect.
Chapter Thirty One of Dwelling by Doug Karr.
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Once the masking tape was removed I drew the image of Mioko on to the blank area of the paper in pencil. I used a variety of brushes to add ink to the image, using a large flat brush to apply quick brush strokes to the background to suggest Dorian's paint marks.
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Finally, a dip pen and drawing ink were used to add finer details and outlines to the drawing.
![MiokoPotboard.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/640x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmciNBuY7bgtAaFgUbKxmdTBYUaeALUQwaCNdN3kQG4AxB/MiokoPotboard.jpg)
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'Mioko on Canvas'
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She climbed down from the chair and walked out the door.
Dorian watched her leave. Picking up the palette knife, he flipped it in his hand, mulling over what had just transpired. Then with a tinge of sadness, he scooped more paint onto the knife and got back to work before the feel of her completely dissolved away
Chapter Thirty One of Dwelling by Doug Karr.
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You can read the 31st chapter of Doug Karr's novel Dwelling now!
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This is exactly how I picture Mioko. The sense of depth from the masked ink and the look on her face are super evocative and perfect!
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She looks lost in thought... even this unfinished state of Dorian's painting.
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creative art , simple and genius, love it
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Thank you @joendegz
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Good illustration, Ophelia. I love ink too :)
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It is a wonderful medium!
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Just love this blank and white art of yours..:))
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Thank you, glad you like it!
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What great contribution do you make with your art to the novel dear friend @opheliafu, hellos for the beautiful work
I wish you a wonderful weekend
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Thank you @jlufer, I'll be sharing some exciting news about this series of work soon.
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Oh It's a beautiful drawing, I love the technique you used to do great work! :D
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Excellent, thanks @gvand, happy you like this technique of working with the inks.
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Intriguing! ;)
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:D
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This book is going to be amazing with all your artwork.
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Having had the pleasure of reading it for this project I can assure it is amazing even without!
But I appreciate your kind words too :D
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Creativity at its bets...
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Thank you @lebey1!
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My pleasure.. You can also check my blog @opheliafu I just dropped my introductory post
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