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.

Catching Up with the Drawing Group

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 :-).

I can tell when I've come through a busy period. How? By gasping when I see how long it's been since I posted things on this site and on my professional site. It's true: "the holidays" keep most of us pretty well tied up with seasonal activities, projects and traditions. After the rush & hubbub were over, the little drawing group convened and exchanged stories about our hubbubial lives. What did we sketch? A plate of Christmas cookies, of course! Here's what showed up in our sketchbooks:

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I deconstructed the plate of cookies.

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Because we are all different heights, we invariably draw our subjects from different perspectives. We talk about this a lot, explaining to one another the aspects of the drawing that were challenging or surprising. By drawing different kinds of things, we learn a lot about how to clearly see them well enough to draw them with some accuracy.

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