Drawing for Dwelling -Layers

A speeding train

I'm sharing with you the process of how I created 'Layers', an illustration for Chapter Twenty Two of Doug Karr's amazing novel Dwelling. This is the first of three drawings I have created for this chapter.

Through layers of sewer and concrete two hundred feet above Mioko's speeding train, Morris sat in the Chapel of Rest, hunched over his mother's coffin, speaking in muted tones. He unconsciously pulled at the pocket of his blue blazer, the stitching long since come unraveled.

Chapter Twenty Two of Dwelling by Doug Karr.

The process of creating the drawing

Areas of the paper were masked off to create the spaces inside the buildings and the different subterranean layers. Ink washes were applied to create subtle tones.

You can see on the tape where I have written the different layers, from street level to sewers, layers of dirt, pipes and the train tunnel.


Lines and details were added to the train and buildings using a fine brush, dip pen and drawing ink.

He knew she understood him, when no one else could. Always had. The hardest part was having to leave her here.

Come back home to Ludlow. Please.

His lip quivered. Then he heard the funeral director’s voice from the other room and knew his time was short.

Chapter Twenty Two of Dwelling by Doug Karr.

'Layers'

Ink on paper

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