Design Stages for miffy’s letter, Dick Bruna, 2003

brush, h 296mm × w 210mm More details
© Dick Bruna/Mercis Publishing bv

This tableau shows the design stages for the book miffy’s letter, in which Miffy goes camping and writes home about her experiences. Once Bruna was satisfied with a sketch, he scored the lines through onto soft paper. He carefully filled the resulting groove with black poster paint, giving rise to a blurred line. These black outlines were then transferred to translucent film and placed over various coloured collages.