At the start of almost every drawing class I teach, the participants are force-fed a little contour drawing to warm up their eyes and hands to seeing and recording shapes. I think I'll always love the look of these drawings, especially if the hand is allowed to meander freely about the page as the eye stays essentially fixed upon the subject. In this drawing of my own, a collection of small vases (only one is visible here) hold stems of hellebores. The uppermost blossom cried out to be tinted with colored pencil, so that's what I did.
Sketching for Fun: the Hellebores
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 :-).
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Jocelyn Curry 
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