Yaquina Art Gallery Spotlight Shows featuring: Artwork from the YAA Pastel Class-February 10th to February 23rd
In a two week Spotlight Show from February 10th to February 23rd, the Yaquina Art Association will be featuring artwork from the YAA Watercolor Painting Class. The Yaquina Art Association Gallery is located in Nye Beach at 789 NW Beach Drive. Hours of operation are 11 am to 4 pm every day.
The YAA Pastel class takes place every Thursday from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm on the second floor of the Visual Arts Center. All Yaquina Art Association classes are free and the Pastel class welcomes all levels of experience.
Pastel teacher Charlotte Carter says, “No one is alike. We are all different from each other. We are unique. So naturally, we see the world around us differently. This is why I enjoy being an art teacher. I tell all my students they are unique and special, so their drawings and artwork will be unique and special also. When they were very small children, they saw a new, exciting world around them. Then often they picked up a pencil, some crayons or paint and drew bold and free, simple pictures of that world. “
Charlotte specifically chose teaching pastels because she believes that intuitively drawing with pastels provides an easy way to revisit your own childhood and recapture its child-like excitement and freedom. And the end result…a picture or a painting, is always a “one a kind” special piece of art.
This class is only one of the free classes that Yaquina Art Association has to offer. Go to www.yaquinaart.org/education for more information.
by Luella Hartwell
by Carter Peppers
