On the 4th of June 1879, British illustrator and designer Mabel Lucie Attwell was born in Mile End, London. At the turn of the century, her drawings of sentimentalized rotund cuddly infants, started appearing in various media such as: cards, calendars, nursery equipment, pictures, crockery and china ware, dolls, postcards, advertisements, posters, books and figurines. […] via Female Decorative Artists in Early 20th-Century Britain — A R T L▼R K
On drawing food as an art — and an emotional process. via “Have Your Cake and Draw It Too”: Food Illustrators Reflect on Taste and Memory — Discover
What a horrible and sad, sad, sad insanity… My thoughts and prayers continue to be with the people of Nice, France, and the world community. When I heard the news I was shocked, so shocked. Overwhelmed. Words fail. I have been seeing photos on social media where people have written “Pray for Nice” on sheets of paper. While my brain understands the last word in the phrase is the name of the city in France, my heart hopes, and believes,…