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I enjoy creating resources to make the job easier for my students and myself. My products are intended to be tangible and thorough references to save you time and give your students the guidance they need for success.
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Preview of Paul Revere's Ride Mystery Grid Drawing (Easy & Hard) Patriotic Art Activity

Paul Revere's Ride Mystery Grid Drawing (Easy & Hard) Patriotic Art Activity

This Paul Revere's Ride Mystery Grid Drawing set combines problem-solving, observation, and drawing skills into an engaging classroom activity with a meaningful historical theme.Perfect for 2026 planning, patriotic units, or classroom displays tied to American history.Students use coordinates to reconstruct a scrambled image—building focus, accuracy, and persistence as the design gradually emerges.This special edition includes two levels of difficulty, making it easy to differentiate instruction
Preview of Koi Fish Mystery Grid Drawing (Easy & Hard) Art Activity

Koi Fish Mystery Grid Drawing (Easy & Hard) Art Activity

This set includes two versions to support differentiation:• Detailed Koi Fish Design for students ready for greater visual complexity• Simplified Koi Fish Design for developing artists or quicker completionThese options allow teachers to match difficulty levels to student needs while maintaining engagement across ability levels.Why Mystery Grids WorkAs a right-brained drawing technique, mystery grids are particularly effective at reducing common left-brain obstacles. The original image is intent
Preview of Samurai Warrior Mystery Grid Drawing (Easy & Hard) Art Activity

Samurai Warrior Mystery Grid Drawing (Easy & Hard) Art Activity

This Samurai Warrior Mystery Grid Drawing set combines problem-solving, observation, and drawing skills into an engaging classroom activity with a meaningful historical theme. Students use coordinates to reconstruct a scrambled image—building focus, accuracy, and persistence as the design gradually emerges. This special edition includes two levels of difficulty, making it easy to differentiate instruction or extend the activity: Easier Version: Clean, simplified shapes with strong visual cues
Preview of Famous American Art Mystery Grid Drawing Bundle | Easy & Challenging

Famous American Art Mystery Grid Drawing Bundle | Easy & Challenging

Introduce students to three of the most recognizable paintings in American art history with this Mystery Grid drawing bundle inspired by the artworks of Edward Hopper, Grant Wood, and James McNeill Whistler. Students recreate each image square-by-square using coordinate grid drawing techniques while practicing observation, proportion, shape interpretation, and craftsmanship. Each artwork includes both an EASY and CHALLENGING version, making the set ideal for differentiation across a variety of
Preview of Mystery Grid Drawing Worksheets | Nighthawks by Edward Hopper

Mystery Grid Drawing Worksheets | Nighthawks by Edward Hopper

Students often surprise themselves as they successfully draw complex images by focusing on one small square at a time. Mystery grid drawing breaks images into manageable sections, allowing learners to build confidence while improving observation and proportion skills. This set includes two versions of the artwork Nighthawks by the American artist Edward Hopper 1942: • Detailed Nighthawks Design for students ready for greater visual complexity • Simplified Nighthawks Design for developing arti
Preview of Knight Mystery Grid Drawing (Easy & Hard) Art Activity

Knight Mystery Grid Drawing (Easy & Hard) Art Activity

Students use coordinates to reconstruct a scrambled image—building focus, accuracy, and persistence as the design gradually emerges. This special edition includes two levels of difficulty, making it easy to differentiate instruction or extend the activity: Easier Knight Mystery Grid: Clean, simplified shapes with strong visual cues—ideal for introducing the mystery grid process Advanced Knight Mystery Grid: Increased detail and value-based shapes that require closer observation and more advan
Preview of Bulldog Mystery Grid Drawing (Easy & Hard) Art Activity

Bulldog Mystery Grid Drawing (Easy & Hard) Art Activity

Students use coordinates to reconstruct a scrambled image—building focus, accuracy, and persistence as the design gradually emerges. This special edition includes two levels of difficulty, making it easy to differentiate instruction or extend the activity: Easier Bulldog Mystery Grid: Clean, simplified shapes with strong visual cues—ideal for introducing the mystery grid process Challenging Bulldog Mystery Grid: Increased detail and value-based shapes that require closer observation and more
Preview of Geometry Art Bundle | Tessellation, Kaleidoscope & Aestheometry Design Projects

Geometry Art Bundle | Tessellation, Kaleidoscope & Aestheometry Design Projects

Bring geometry, symmetry, and creative problem-solving together with this engaging collection of structured art and design projects! This bundle combines three of my most popular geometry-based art activities into one comprehensive resource for middle school art, STEAM, math integration, and design-based learning. Students explore the connection between mathematics and visual art while creating bold, display-worthy designs through tessellation, radial symmetry, and geometric construction techni
Preview of Betta Fish Mystery Grid Drawing Worksheets

Betta Fish Mystery Grid Drawing Worksheets

Students often surprise themselves as they successfully draw complex images by focusing on one small square at a time. Mystery grid drawing breaks images into manageable sections, allowing learners to build confidence while improving observation and proportion skills. This set includes two versions to support differentiation: • Detailed Betta Fish Design for students ready for greater visual complexity • Simplified Betta Fish Design for developing artists or quicker completion These options al
Preview of America 250 Cooperative Grid Poster Project | Patriotic Collaborative Art

America 250 Cooperative Grid Poster Project | Patriotic Collaborative Art

Celebrate the 250th anniversary of America with this large-scale patriotic cooperative poster project! Students will create a stunning collaborative artwork featuring the bold “Land of the Free • Home of the Brave” design with stars, stripes, and the iconic “America 250” lettering. Perfect for Constitution Day, 4th of July, Presidents’ Day, American History units, or year-round patriotic displays. This resource includes TWO complete versions of the same high-impact design in one purchase: Coop
Preview of Liberty Bell 250 Mystery Grid Drawing (Easy & Hard) Patriotic Art Activity

Liberty Bell 250 Mystery Grid Drawing (Easy & Hard) Patriotic Art Activity

This Liberty Bell 250th Anniversary Mystery Grid Drawing set combines problem-solving, observation, and drawing skills into an engaging classroom activity with a meaningful historical theme. Perfect for 2026 planning, patriotic units, or classroom displays tied to American history.Students use coordinates to reconstruct a scrambled image—building focus, accuracy, and persistence as the design gradually emerges. This special edition includes two levels of difficulty, making it easy to different
Preview of Spider Mystery Grid Drawing Worksheets

Spider Mystery Grid Drawing Worksheets

Students often surprise themselves as they successfully draw complex images by focusing on one small square at a time. Mystery grid drawing breaks images into manageable sections, allowing learners to build confidence while improving observation and proportion skills. This set includes two versions to support differentiation: • Detailed Spider Design for students ready for greater visual complexity • Simplified Spider Design for developing artists or quicker completion These options allow teac
Preview of Texas Flag Halftone Dot Cooperative Grid Poster

Texas Flag Halftone Dot Cooperative Grid Poster

Create a bold collaborative artwork using a halftone dot technique to construct the iconic Texas flag. Students color coded dot patterns on individual tiles that combine to form a striking large-scale image when assembled. This project introduces students to concepts used in graphic design, printmaking, and digital imaging, where images are constructed from simple repeated shapes that visually blend together at a distance. How It Works Each student completes one tile of the 8×8 grid using the
Preview of Who’s Watching? Cooperative Grid Poster Project

Who’s Watching? Cooperative Grid Poster Project

Includes BOTH Coop Coloring Grid and Coop Drawing Grid Versions. Create a striking collaborative artwork exploring themes of observation, perspective, and visual distortion with this large-scale cooperative poster project featuring a bold doorway-eye composition. This design combines geometric structure with expressive line work to produce a visually engaging final image that reveals itself as individual tiles come together. The fragmented layout creates excitement and curiosity as students grad
Preview of Behavior Incident Tracker | Google Sheet for Classroom Management

Behavior Incident Tracker | Google Sheet for Classroom Management

Keep clear, consistent records of minor behavior incidents without the hassle of starting from scratch every time. This easy-to-use tracker is designed for documenting patterns of disruptive or off-task behavior that don’t yet necessarily warrant an immediate office referral — but are beginning to affect instruction. Perfect for building a clear paper trail that supports parent communication, MTSS/RTI documentation, or eventual office referrals. How Teachers Use It:Quickly log minor offenses wit
Preview of Charming Color-Coded Weekly Lesson Plan Template | Editable Google Sheet

Charming Color-Coded Weekly Lesson Plan Template | Editable Google Sheet

Start your week with a little magic! This color-coded lesson plan template is sweet, colorful, and makes getting organized feel fun instead of overwhelming. Every week opens up as one beautifully designed page bursting with rainbow-bright accents that guide you gently through your lessons. The cheerful daily sections (Bell Ringer through Recap/Closure) are clearly labeled, drop-down selected, and easy to spot, while the flexible standards section gives you drop-down choices or write-in — whateve
Preview of V8 Engine Mystery Grid Drawing Worksheets

V8 Engine Mystery Grid Drawing Worksheets

Students often surprise themselves as they successfully draw complex images by focusing on one small square at a time. Mystery grid drawing breaks images into manageable sections, allowing learners to build confidence while improving observation and proportion skills. This set includes two versions to support differentiation: • Detailed V8 Engine Design for students ready for greater visual complexity • Simplified V8 Engine Design for developing artists or quicker completion These options allo
Preview of Peacock Mystery Grid Drawing Worksheets

Peacock Mystery Grid Drawing Worksheets

Students often surprise themselves as they successfully draw complex images by focusing on one small square at a time. Mystery grid drawing breaks images into manageable sections, allowing learners to build confidence while improving observation and proportion skills. This set includes two versions to support differentiation: • Detailed Peacock Design for students ready for greater visual complexity • Simplified Peacock Design for developing artists or quicker completion These options allow te
Preview of Artemis Mission Mystery Grid Drawing Worksheets

Artemis Mission Mystery Grid Drawing Worksheets

Students often surprise themselves as they successfully draw complex images by focusing on one small square at a time. Mystery grid drawing breaks images into manageable sections, allowing learners to build confidence while improving observation and proportion skills. This set includes two versions to support differentiation: • Challenging astronaut illustrations for students ready for greater visual complexity • Simplified Artemis logo designs for developing artists or quicker completion The
Preview of Sneaky Creatures | Camouflage Coloring Pages for Shading and Blending

Sneaky Creatures | Camouflage Coloring Pages for Shading and Blending

Camouflage • Pattern • Shading • Creative Drawing Prompts Students explore camouflage, visual relationships, and creative problem solving through engaging animal-themed coloring and drawing pages. These versatile worksheets encourage learners to blend animals into unexpected environments using pattern, texture, and color strategies. This resource supports lessons in shading, blending, and pattern design while helping students think critically about how visual elements interact. Perfect for middl
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About the store

Experience

I enjoy creating resources to make the job easier for my students and myself. My products are intended to be tangible and thorough references to save you time and give your students the guidance they need for success.

Teaching style

I like to focus on providing my students experience with a variety of different media, styles and techniques.

Awards & shining teacher moments

My own artwork has been featured on television and in a printed edition of "Ripley's Believe it or Not."

My own education history

K-12 art education and a bachelor's degree in commercial art.

Additional biographical information

**RECORD of ARRESTS and CONVICTIONS** Scott Cummins continues to evade capture and is currently at large. Witnesses have reported seeing him in Perryton, Texas and he is known to have connections in Hollis, Chickasha, and Mustang, OK as well as Olney, TX. Authorities suspect Cummins to be in possession of a commercial art degree that was reported missing in 1995. Though his deplorable activities began early in life, things went from bad to worse when Scott heard reports that the crime of pumpkin carving was difficult to prosecute in Texas. He bought some supplies, boarded his wagon, and pointed his horses toward the Lone Star State. He arrived at his destination twenty minutes later half-starved and dehydrated. He then collapsed. Upon regaining consciousness, he discovered he now had a wife and two lovely daughters. To defray expenses, Scott successfully submitted some recipes to a publication entitled How to Cook Art for Junior High Students and has since become a regular contributor. Cummins has been accused of painting signs without a license, graphic design in a school zone, and live-caricature to the point of abuse. The suspect was previously detained by law enforcement on multiple counts of aggravated illustration. He escaped. Evidence of Scott's wrongdoing has been captured on the Food Network and a printed edition of Ripley's Believe It or Not!, as well as many other online and printed articles. Authorities wish to speak with Scott in connection to pumpkin carving incidents in six states. He is also wanted for questioning concerning the creation and distribution of suspicious resources for teachers. Scott is of an irregular build with stocky green eyes and a questionable complexion. When last seen, he was wearing comfortable shoes and a thin coat of sunblock. He has no distinguishing marks, features, or accomplishments and should be considered armed. Witnesses maintain that Scott has both a right arm and a left arm on his person at all times. If you encounter Scott Cummins, DO NOT try to apprehend him. Instead, move to a small interior room and crouch near the floor until the threat has passed.