diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7aeeb6787e5a..db5a93edf20e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,8 +9,18 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Added
 
+* Added `compas_plotters.artists.NetworkArtist.draw_nodelabels`.
+* Added `compas_plotters.artists.NetworkArtist.draw_edgelabels`.
+* Added `compas_plotters.Plotter.fontsize`.
+
 ### Changed
 
+* Fixed bug in inheritance of `compas_plotters.artists.NetworkArtist`.
+* Changed `compas_plotters.artists.MeshArtist.draw_edges` to ignore edge direction for assignment of edge colors and widths.
+* Changed `compas_plotters.artists.MeshArtist.draw_vertexlabels` to use `compas_plotters.Plotter.fontsize`.
+* Changed `compas_plotters.artists.MeshArtist.draw_edgelabels` to use `compas_plotters.Plotter.fontsize`.
+* Changed `compas_plotters.artists.MeshArtist.draw_facelabels` to use `compas_plotters.Plotter.fontsize`.
+
 ### Removed
 
 
diff --git a/src/compas/artists/networkartist.py b/src/compas/artists/networkartist.py
index 3ed343e9d055..bde62d5d30ec 100644
--- a/src/compas/artists/networkartist.py
+++ b/src/compas/artists/networkartist.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class NetworkArtist(Artist):
     default_edgewidth = 1.0
 
     def __init__(self, network, **kwargs):
-        super(NetworkArtist, self).__init__(**kwargs)
+        super(NetworkArtist, self).__init__()
 
         self._network = None
         self._nodes = None
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def node_color(self, node_color):
     @property
     def node_size(self):
         if not self._node_size:
-            self._node_size = {node: self.default_nodesize for node in self.network.vertices()}
+            self._node_size = {node: self.default_nodesize for node in self.network.nodes()}
         return self._node_size
 
     @node_size.setter
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def node_size(self, nodesize):
         if isinstance(nodesize, dict):
             self._node_size = nodesize
         elif isinstance(nodesize, (int, float)):
-            self._node_size = {node: nodesize for node in self.network.vertices()}
+            self._node_size = {node: nodesize for node in self.network.nodes()}
 
     @property
     def edge_color(self):
diff --git a/src/compas/artists/volmeshartist.py b/src/compas/artists/volmeshartist.py
index 0dd4d26acefe..ef74a8cc654a 100644
--- a/src/compas/artists/volmeshartist.py
+++ b/src/compas/artists/volmeshartist.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class VolMeshArtist(Artist):
     default_cellcolor = (1, 0, 0)
 
     def __init__(self, volmesh, **kwargs):
-        super(VolMeshArtist, self).__init__(**kwargs)
+        super(VolMeshArtist, self).__init__()
         self._volmesh = None
         self._vertices = None
         self._edges = None
diff --git a/src/compas_plotters/artists/meshartist.py b/src/compas_plotters/artists/meshartist.py
index 74639b62d1bb..4eff0b06f544 100644
--- a/src/compas_plotters/artists/meshartist.py
+++ b/src/compas_plotters/artists/meshartist.py
@@ -316,9 +316,10 @@ def draw_edges(self,
         colors = []
         widths = []
         for edge in self.edges:
+            u, v = edge
             lines.append([self.vertex_xyz[edge[0]][:2], self.vertex_xyz[edge[1]][:2]])
-            colors.append(self.edge_color.get(edge, self.default_edgecolor))
-            widths.append(self.edge_width.get(edge, self.default_edgewidth))
+            colors.append(self.edge_color.get(edge, self.edge_color.get((v, u), self.default_edgecolor)))
+            widths.append(self.edge_width.get(edge, self.edge_width.get((v, u), self.default_edgewidth)))
 
         collection = LineCollection(
             lines,
@@ -468,7 +469,7 @@ def draw_vertexlabels(self, text: Optional[Dict[int, str]] = None) -> None:
             artist = self.plotter.axes.text(
                 x, y,
                 f'{text}',
-                fontsize=12,
+                fontsize=self.plotter.fontsize,
                 family='monospace',
                 ha='center', va='center',
                 zorder=10000,
@@ -499,7 +500,8 @@ def draw_edgelabels(self, text: Optional[Dict[int, str]] = None) -> None:
 
         labels = []
         for edge in self.edges:
-            text = self.edge_text.get(edge, None)
+            u, v = edge
+            text = self.edge_text.get(edge, self.edge_text.get((v, u), None))
             if text is None:
                 continue
 
@@ -510,7 +512,7 @@ def draw_edgelabels(self, text: Optional[Dict[int, str]] = None) -> None:
 
             artist = self.plotter.axes.text(
                 x, y, f'{text}',
-                fontsize=12,
+                fontsize=self.plotter.fontsize,
                 family='monospace',
                 ha='center', va='center',
                 zorder=10000,
@@ -550,7 +552,7 @@ def draw_facelabels(self, text: Optional[Dict[int, str]] = None) -> None:
 
             artist = self.plotter.axes.text(
                 x, y, f'{text}',
-                fontsize=12,
+                fontsize=self.plotter.fontsize,
                 family='monospace',
                 ha='center', va='center',
                 zorder=10000,
diff --git a/src/compas_plotters/artists/networkartist.py b/src/compas_plotters/artists/networkartist.py
index 3d29e2408c92..7a7a50d45e61 100644
--- a/src/compas_plotters/artists/networkartist.py
+++ b/src/compas_plotters/artists/networkartist.py
@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@
 from matplotlib.patches import Circle
 
 from compas.datastructures import Network
+from compas.artists import NetworkArtist
+from compas.utilities.colors import is_color_light
 from .artist import PlotterArtist
 
 Color = Tuple[float, float, float]
 
 
-class NetworkArtist(PlotterArtist):
+class NetworkArtist(PlotterArtist, NetworkArtist):
     """Artist for COMPAS network data structures.
 
     Parameters
@@ -57,18 +59,19 @@ def __init__(self,
                  network: Network,
                  nodes: Optional[List[int]] = None,
                  edges: Optional[List[int]] = None,
-                 nodecolor: Color = (1, 1, 1),
-                 edgecolor: Color = (0, 0, 0),
+                 nodecolor: Color = (1.0, 1.0, 1.0),
+                 edgecolor: Color = (0.0, 0.0, 0.0),
                  edgewidth: float = 1.0,
                  show_nodes: bool = True,
                  show_edges: bool = True,
                  nodesize: int = 5,
                  sizepolicy: Literal['relative', 'absolute'] = 'relative',
-                 zorder: int = 2000,
+                 zorder: int = 1000,
                  **kwargs):
 
         super().__init__(network=network, **kwargs)
 
+        self.sizepolicy = sizepolicy
         self.nodes = nodes
         self.edges = edges
         self.node_color = nodecolor
@@ -77,16 +80,15 @@ def __init__(self,
         self.edge_width = edgewidth
         self.show_nodes = show_nodes
         self.show_edges = show_edges
-        self.sizepolicy = sizepolicy
         self.zorder = zorder
 
     @property
     def zorder_edges(self):
-        return self.zorder
+        return self.zorder + 10
 
     @property
     def zorder_nodes(self):
-        return self.zorder + 10
+        return self.zorder + 20
 
     @property
     def item(self):
@@ -101,6 +103,22 @@ def item(self, item: Network):
     def data(self) -> List[List[float]]:
         return self.network.nodes_attributes('xy')
 
+    @property
+    def node_size(self):
+        if not self._node_size:
+            factor = self.plotter.dpi if self.sizepolicy == 'absolute' else self.network.number_of_nodes()
+            size = self.default_nodesize / factor
+            self._node_size = {node: size for node in self.network.nodes()}
+        return self._node_size
+
+    @node_size.setter
+    def node_size(self, nodesize):
+        factor = self.plotter.dpi if self.sizepolicy == 'absolute' else self.network.number_of_nodes()
+        if isinstance(nodesize, dict):
+            self.node_size.update({node: size / factor for node, size in nodesize.items()})
+        elif isinstance(nodesize, (int, float)):
+            self._node_size = {node: nodesize / factor for node in self.network.nodes()}
+
     # ==============================================================================
     # clear and draw
     # ==============================================================================
@@ -218,3 +236,91 @@ def draw_edges(self,
         )
         self.plotter.axes.add_collection(collection)
         self._edgecollection = collection
+
+    def draw_nodelabels(self, text: Optional[Dict[int, str]] = None) -> None:
+        """Draw a selection of node labels.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        text : dict of int to str, optional
+            A node-label map.
+            If not text dict is provided, the node identifiers are drawn.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        None
+        """
+        if self._nodelabelcollection:
+            for artist in self._nodelabelcollection:
+                artist.remove()
+
+        if text:
+            self.node_text = text
+
+        labels = []
+        for node in self.nodes:
+            bgcolor = self.node_color.get(node, self.default_nodecolor)
+            color = (0, 0, 0) if is_color_light(bgcolor) else (1, 1, 1)
+
+            text = self.node_text.get(node, None)
+            print(text)
+            if text is None:
+                continue
+
+            x, y = self.node_xyz[node][:2]
+            artist = self.plotter.axes.text(
+                x, y,
+                f'{text}',
+                fontsize=self.plotter.fontsize,
+                family='monospace',
+                ha='center', va='center',
+                zorder=10000,
+                color=color
+            )
+            labels.append(artist)
+
+        self._nodelabelcollection = labels
+
+    def draw_edgelabels(self, text: Optional[Dict[int, str]] = None) -> None:
+        """Draw a selection of edge labels.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        text : dict of tuple of int to str
+            An edge-label map.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        None
+        """
+        if self._edgelabelcollection:
+            for artist in self._edgelabelcollection:
+                artist.remove()
+
+        if text:
+            self.edge_text = text
+
+        labels = []
+        for edge in self.edges:
+            u, v = edge
+            text = self.edge_text.get(edge, self.edge_text.get((v, u), None))
+            if text is None:
+                continue
+
+            x0, y0 = self.node_xyz[edge[0]][:2]
+            x1, y1 = self.node_xyz[edge[1]][:2]
+            x = 0.5 * (x0 + x1)
+            y = 0.5 * (y0 + y1)
+
+            artist = self.plotter.axes.text(
+                x, y, f'{text}',
+                fontsize=self.plotter.fontsize,
+                family='monospace',
+                ha='center', va='center',
+                zorder=10000,
+                color=(0, 0, 0),
+                bbox=dict(boxstyle='round, pad=0.3', facecolor=(1, 1, 1), edgecolor=None, linewidth=0)
+            )
+            labels.append(artist)
+
+        self._edgelabelcollection = labels
diff --git a/src/compas_plotters/plotter.py b/src/compas_plotters/plotter.py
index d458e07fbb80..b98e9c1b2d8b 100644
--- a/src/compas_plotters/plotter.py
+++ b/src/compas_plotters/plotter.py
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ class Plotter(metaclass=Singleton):
 
     """
 
+    fontsize = 12
+
     def __init__(self,
                  view: Tuple[Tuple[float, float], Tuple[float, float]] = ((-8.0, 16.0), (-5.0, 10.0)),
                  figsize: Tuple[float, float] = (8.0, 5.0),