[lee martell]

Very lovely.
#1. Notice that Mucha illustrates the female figure at a normal weight. She is shown at what in today’s judgemental world would be called ‘heavy’. I say, not so. These women are shown in the flower of their beauty.

#2. Aubrey Beardsley produced some exquisite pen and ink pieces. He may have used Scratchboard (black ink over plasterboard) for some. It’s almost certain that he used Croquille pen tips or C-3 pen tips for most others.
Aubrey was a good friend of controversial poet Oscar Wilde.

[mairdie]

Mother always drew in those clear, clean lines. When I tried drawing in art classes, mine were always the thousands of little strokes to correct the continuous mistakes.

It wasn't until I was an adult that mother gave me the book that Beardsley illustrated from which she and father chose my middle name.