Fifties Fashion Tribute

copyright A. Janet Burggraf Bishop

Drawings by my mother, 

when she was in high school.

Pen and ink on paper,

with crayons or colored pencils.

Another post of my mom's

drawings is shown at right

in Popular Posts sidebar:

"Fifties Fashion."

 

 Drawn from magazines or

dress patterns.

Click on any image to enlarge.

You can see the quality of the

lines. She used a pen nib

dipped in India ink.

Even in the fifties, it appears

that the models were extremely thin.

My mom always supported my desire

to make art.  I drew paper dolls

and 'girls' when I was growing up too.

Thanks Mom!

Fifties Fashion

circa 1950, copyright A. Janet Burggraf BishopPen and India ink, colored pencil on typing paperFashion drawings done by my mother.She is not sure how old she was when she did these,probably a freshman or sophomore in high school.Apparently I inherited some artistic genesfrom her. I remember that she oftendoodled eyes and lips when she talked on the phone...not faces, just the face parts!

My mother's drawing is above, my art journal drawing at the bottom. Mom's is in India ink and colored pencil, mine is in ballpoint pen. She drew these models from magazines and clothing patterns.I attempted to draw the girl in the sweater on my art journal page...the profile is not quite right in my opinion.A. Janet Burggraf Bishop, 1950 Dianne Bishop Carey, 2009