Welcome to my creative space! This gallery brings together my work as both an artist and an educator. You’ll find a mix of my personal artwork and lesson plan examples for students from kindergarten through 12th grade.
My personal pieces reflect my creative process, exploring ideas of identity, growth, and expression. Alongside them are classroom projects designed to build skills while encouraging students to think creatively and express themselves with confidence.
Together, these works show how creating and teaching go hand in hand, and how art can grow with every stage of learning.
Grades K-5
Winter Fox
3rd – 5th grade
Foreground, Middle Ground, and Background, color layering and blending
Yayoi Kusama-inspired Thanksgiving Pumpkins
5th grade
Explore patterns and repetition
Tissue paper landscapes
Kindergarten
About textures, colors, foreground background, fine motor skills
Warm and Cool Mummy Eyes
2nd grade
Distinguish between warm and cool colors
Analogous Colors Spooky Cat
5th grade
Tissue Paper Stained Glass Butterfly
5th grade
Connecting Complementary Colors
All levels
Understanding of color wheel, fine motor
Kandinsky-inspired Spooky Scene
4th grade
Understand and apply complementary colors
Ghost and Pumpkin Grayscale Value Study
3rd grade
Autumn Collage
2nd grade
Negative-Positive Space
3rd grade
Develop spatial awareness and shape recognition
Holiday Art
Kinder – 5th grade
Paper weaving polar bears, Matisse-inspired stockings, Kandinsky Candles
Grades 6-8
Perspective – Graphite
6th grade
Perspective – Watercolor
7th grade
Perspective – India Ink
8th grade
Focal point Finger painting
6th grade
Still life object
7th grade
Watercolor + Oil Pastel
Scratch Art
All levels
Tempura paint + color pencils
Paper Batik Fish
All Levels
Sketchbook: Objects in Space and light source
6th grade
Cereal box mosaics
All levels
Oil Pastels on Torn Paper
All levels
Kandinsky-inspired Circles
Paper Flower Collage
6th grade
Portraits – Graphite
8th grade
Grades 9-12
Van Gogh’s Sunflower Pointillism Study
Art II
Charcoal Candle
Art I
Watercolor Still life
Art I
Blue + Black Ink Pen
Art I
Tempura Still life
Art II
Oil Pastels
Art II
Aluminum Foil Texture
Art III
Watercolor + Ink
Art III
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