Teaching Artfully

This is a document I created to process and document the new assessment tasks and curriculum for the Diploma Programme Visual Arts course while I was in IB training. It includes new versions of the diagrams presented in the guide as well as a one-pager for each assessment. Lovingly illustrated and simplified only where possible.

This document includes 30+ original fairy drawings for you to print as colouring pages. These fairies were born from a creative collaboration between my 4 year old daughter who would ask me to draw her fairies to colour and the series grew from there. This collection includes: Penelope the Pencil Fairy, Olga the Owie Fairy, Summer the Snail Fairy and many more.

20+ Halloween and fall themed fairies to print as colouring pages. This collection includes: Paisley the Pumpkin Fairy, Georgia the Ghost Fairy, Zoe the Zombie Fairy and many more!

Facial expressions for character design showing 5 different ranges of emotions: happy, angry, neutral, sad and shocked. Use these to help students design their own characters with expressive faces!

Watercolour Valentines Celebrate the season of love with this vibrant and expressive Watercolour Valentines project. Perfect for all elementary grade levels, this lesson introduces students to the magic of resist art while they create beautiful, multi-tonal cards or decorations. This project is highly adaptable and focuses on color exploration through painting and splattering techniques. Product Highlights Supplies: White Oil Pastel or Pen: To create the resist design. Heavy Cardstock: Small

Macaroni Face Valentines Bring a touch of nostalgic charm to your classroom or valentines for classmates with these Macaroni Face Valentines! This hands-on project combines painting, sensory play, and fine motor skills to create adorable, personalized keepsakes that parents and students will love. It's a quirky, creative twist on the traditional Valentine’s card that allows students to experiment with different textures and materials. In this activity, students transform simple wooden hearts an

This is a great project or sketchbook warm up to play with character and facial expressions. Includes a printable template and example.

Take notes about Visual Note Taking - meta! 🧠✨ Help your students develop powerful thinking and organizational skills with this engaging visual notetaking lesson. Perfect for any subject, this resource teaches students how to use a variety of visual tools to generate and organize their ideas. I use this as a template to walk students through the process of taking visual notes and discuss the strategies I have developed as a note taker. I start with the central concept in the middle, then bran

🍁 Twin Leaves Challenge: A Realistic Painting and Observation Lesson 🎨 This illustrated lesson plan is designed for art teachers looking to engage students in a fun, challenging exercise focused on realistic painting, close observation, and accurate color mixing. 🌟 Activity Overview The Twin Leaves Challenge is a unique project where students use two leaves of similar shape and size. They prepare one leaf with gesso (or white acrylic paint) to create a blank canvas, and then use the seco

Get ready for autumn with this engaging Fall Canvas Leaves art lesson! Students will: Use a painted or used canvas as a unique background for their art.Draw leaf outlines directly onto the canvas.Mix fall colors (like acrylic paint) and paint the leaf shapes, practicing color blending and coverage.Add shimmering details by painting the leaf veins using gold and silver paint in squeeze bottles.The final canvas leaves can be cut out and displayed as a colorful garland or a seasonal collection. I

Bring a touch of creativity and hands-on fun to your art classroom with this hand drawn lesson plan for creating a functional ceramic palette. Perfect for middle or high school students, this project guides them through the process of designing, building, and glazing their own unique clay palette. This lesson is designed to be student-friendly and provides clear, step-by-step instructions. Students will learn essential clay techniques, including rolling out slabs, creating coils, and the "scratc

Ginkgo Moths - One page illustrated lesson sharing the process of making painted symmetrical moths from the leaves of a ginkgo tree.

Accordion House- One page illustrated lesson sharing how to make an accordion book house for artists to illustrate.

One page illustrated lesson for making handmade paintbrushes from natural materials. Fun for any age, experiment with mark-making in ink!

Artsy Pizza - one page illustrated lesson for young artists. Make a mixed media pizza with cardboard and bits and bobs!

This is a fun and playful game I like to play as a warm up. Students pass a page around a table adding a different feature to each one creating a collaborative portrait.

Designed for kindergarten students to identify letter sounds. Each page asks “Can you colour everything that begins with _ ?” A - Z Colouring pages.

October OwlsLooking for a creative and engaging activity for your little ones? Check out October Owls! A hand-drawn, one page lesson plan that will guide you through the process of creating adorable owls using colorful leaves and cardboard. Perfect for preschoolers and kindergarteners, this project will help develop fine motor skills, creativity, and a love for nature.