Virtual Team Update

As a member of the Virtual Team, Nancy West responded to the question, “What are you working on now?”

The team consists of Nancy, Osiris Jaimes-Azmitia and Tiara Kennibrew. They conduct lessons via Zoom. Their students include Ramin, Tasha, Richmond, Christopher, Justin, Sheena, Linda, and Molly. For a variety of reasons these students cannot make it to in-person classes regularly or have chosen not to come to the Studio at all.

Ramin Mandavi, Abstract (photo credit-David Carrales)

The virtual team has been teaching the elements and principles of design. We started with little 15 minute exercises and we’re now moving into 30 minute and 1 hour exercises. For many of the artists we are reinforcing concepts that have already been taught, but for some of our newer artists this may be the first time learning these concepts.

The first five weeks we studied lines, color theory, shapes, value, shading and texture and space & dimension. Then we covered proportion and contrast. Currently, we are exploring balance and we will wrap up our 11 week courses with an emphasis on movement and rhythm. We will also look at and explore genres of art including portraits, landscapes, still-lifes, and abstracts.-Nancy

Button art by Molly Hale, Snake River in Fall, weaving. (photo credit-David Carrales)