Jocelyn Curry

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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.

Drawing Group Tackles Fake Fur

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 :-).

The Drawing Group has been convening for 5.5 years now. It's not uncommon for us to look at each other over fresh coffee and breakfast pastry and say, "What shall we draw?" One day last month while my granddaughter was visiting, a collection of her stuffed animals was on a chair at the table. Voilà: our subject du jour (don't we all speak a tad of French?). 

Here are our results! Drawing fur is not the easiest of tasks, but at least these critters sat still for us:

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Because the "still life" is in one position and we are looking at it from three viewpoints, the trio of sketches shows variety. We often talk about what was difficult about our perspective. My sketch is at the bottom. Fur takes a while to sketch, so none of these is a finished sketch.

 

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