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.

Acorn Season and 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 :-).

Is there anyone who does not love acorns? Our drawing group threesome here in the greater Seattle area certainly does. This time, we designed these: Thanksgiving placecards, a label to enhance a bagged gourmet treat,  and an autumn greeting card. Being inspired by the cute shape of acorns and the relative ease of drawing them, we had no problem coming up with ideas for applying our illustrations. Take a look:

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Exhibit A: A classic place card using tea-dyed paper features an elegant script and border acorns done with walnut ink. The leaf and acorn clusters are accented with watercolor. (Click to enlarge)
 
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Exhibit B: Here are my rare black acorns from Ashland, OR where I collected a surprising variety of others, too. I wanted to have fun creating repeat patterns with my detailed study.

 

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Exhibit C: A delicate line drawing of acorns and a casual pointed pen script create a lively composition for a label attached to gift bags of toffee.
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