In the nineteenth century, Native artists from the Great Plains region began to use paper, pencil, and watercolors in addition to such historical media as hides and bone brushes. These new portable tools allowed male artists—who typically drew personal narratives and hunting scenes on hides and shirts—to embrace different subject matter, including moments from daily life drawn on a more intimate scale. Although courtship remained a less common theme, it seems to have occupied the “Old White Woman”—as identified by the pictograph signature on many of the drawings—whose work often illustrates private moments. The cropped-in perspective was characteristic for this artist and, facilitated by the use of pencil and paper, enabled a more detailed view of the fabric, jewelry, and beading.