[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.

[lee martell]

To create clear and clean lines with slight fluctuations of width, I always found it best to draw while using my arm or elbow as the movement tool. Sort of like using the elbow as a center of a Compass. I rarely drew from my wrist forward. That was too limiting, too crimping, unless the final forms had to be small.