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THE CREATIVE SPOTLIGHT: NANCY WHITLEY I never considered myself an "artist." To me, being an artist meant someone who had gone to a university on an art scholarship or at least had taken extensive art classes when they were young. Most everyone I met had a background in art and I had no training, hadn't taken any classes and was just "messing around" sketching with my pencil. I was intimidated so didn't even start sketching till I was around 60 years old. I started with pencil drawing and found some videos to help me understand the principles and how to do certain things like depth and realistic eyes etc. en I discovered color pencils and bought a huge set of every color imaginable. It was fun to do things in color and see them develop from basic sketch to layering and adding details. en I discovered Zentangle drawing. A friend was doing this and brought her designs to show me, and I fell in love with the freedom and yet specic patterns done in this pen and ink style. I've done a lot of Zentangle drawings and when I'm stressed or just want to do something intuitive, I resort to Zentangle. Aer I moved to Four Seasons, I took a watercolor class that Virginia Melton was teaching in the Arts & Cras Room. is was right before Covid so aer a few classes everything shut down and ended that adventure. I decided to buy the tools and invested in a Kuretake watercolor set aer several trials with other cheaper brands. Of course I had to invest in watercolor brushes as well. Most of my art now is in watercolor as I found this to be challenging and interesting. Other art I've done includes, some acrylic, for a while I was doing custom leather, bead and feather masks, extremely time consuming, and a little bit of Pour Painting and I took a class on Alcohol Ink art by Vicki Allen-Hitt. I also attended a Diamond Painting class by Janis Zimmerman and have done several pieces including a custom one of one of my drawings, but I always revert to Watercolor as my main style. I have no interest in oil painting because brushes can't be cleaned up with water. I enjoy being creative and am happy to share some of my art, here, with you. | Four Seasons Hemet Herald | JUNE 2025 | 25 Four Seasons Creative Group Four Seasons Art Classes: Royce Jerman oers "Painting Pals" on Tuesdays 10 am to 1 pm and "Beading Buddies" on Wednesdays at 10 am to 1 pm in e Lodge. No experience is necessary and all levels are welcome. If interested in either of these ongoing classes. Please contact Royce at royce742@gmail.com. Mixed Media & Acrylics: Lucia K Wolfer is excited to announce the new Mixed Media & Acrylics class which started on April 28. It is an ongoing class which will be, generally, the fourth Monday of each month except on holidays. In June, we will have two classes on Mondays: June 2 and June 30 (since May 26 was a holiday) from 10 am 12 pm in e Lodge Arts & Cras Room. e class fee is $10. Please contact Lucia via email: luciakwolfer@gmail.com and let her know if you are interested!