"When A Lady Needs A Hanky"

Pencils and Watercolors

and all that is gloriously fun with photo programs.

I continue to enjoy drawing and painting young ladies

from the 40s period. I  suppose it has something to

do with all those old  movie star magazines

I read in my teens, and those great old movies

we set up late to watch  on Friday nights.

I loved the fashions the starlets wore then

and yet still compared to fashions today.
It seems to me, that back then  

a lady was particular with her

wardrobe beginning at the top

of her head......fabulous hats,

elaborate and gorgeous dresses

and of course the beginning

of outlandish stiletto heels.

Loretta Young and Mareen O'hara

were two of my favorites and

were stylishly fabulous.
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And in those days,  what proper young lady

would be without a delicate hanky tucked away for

tears she might shed at any given moment.

Thus the lacey hanky in the hand

of my young subject.

Interesting how she came to be, as

I never know the particulars, when I begin to draw.
She has just a hint of sadness in her eyes,
and perhaps the beginning of a tear......

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Enjoying and learning about art,

and loving  all the moments.....

Have a great week!......Dee Dee