Colored pencil classes are being held at the Tamaqua Community Arts Center, offered by Amy Joanne Mogish, Tamaqua, the "Pencilin Peddler." This month's class will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 19.

Additional workshops will be held from 6 to 9:30 p.m. on Sept. 23 and Sept. 30 (scarecrow) and at 10 a.m. on Sept. 27.Mogish has been a decorative artist for more than 20 years, with her work featured in "The Decorative Painter" and "PaintWorks Magazine."For more information, call 570-668-1192 or contact the artist at

amy4keepsake@hotmail.com or visit her website at

www.classicamyjoanne.wordpress.com.The art center is located at 125 Pine St., Tamaqua.