Jocelyn Curry

Art & Joie de Vivre

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As a retired lettering artist and illustrator, I still create a lot of visuals and have fun doing it. My website is a place I can post and share them from my Shoreline, Washington studio in my home.

A Month of Thanksgiving

November 23, 2025

Did I need a deep plunge into a new blog site, right when such a time-consuming challenge really didn’t fit into my crowded calendar? The answer, no surprise, is “no” but at least I was able to navigate the mind-befuddling process of transferring the data from my old platform to this new, AI-enhanced version of good ol’ WordPress. My previous experience of working on good ol’ WordPress wasn’t stellar, so I’m hoping to improve my relationship with it asap. So far I have been able to upload my seasonally appropriate squash painting! But now, HOW do I get rid of “Hello World!” which was placed there by Good Ol. I’m not sure about this, but I think Good Ol’s default tips will stay on this, my First Post until I figure out how to discretely remove them without being told “This is not a good idea.” At least I got my squash up on this new site for your viewing pleasure! Happy Thanksgiving :-).

Indian Corn small I've always loved the spring, but in recent years I've grown increasingly fond of the autumn. It helps to have Seattle flooded with sunshine this week, so that the unique and subtle colors of the season are illuminated; this, as most people know, is not the norm up here in the northwest corner.

In honor of the unique beauty of autumn, throughout November I will be posting a series of images I have created during this season. Here you see an ear of Indian corn I drew and painted in 2009 for a card to send to friends and family members. The details: line work was done with a 000 Rapidograph tech pen over the original pencil drawing. The color was done as a separate layer on Arches hot press watercolor paper. They were each scanned, then blended into one image in PhotoShop.

 

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