Welcome to My World

Some Fun Tools I Created

Peek at Work in Progress

Halloween Prompts

Annual Halloween Creative Prompts

UnScary Haunted House book

Unscary Haunted House Scrapbook & Mini Activities

Idea Emporium

Idea Emporium Activity Book thesis project

Tucson Museum of Art

Tucson Museum of Art Coloring Pages

Healing Fairy Alphabet pitch copy

Healing Fairy Alphabet deck

College Shape lesson

Adobe Illustrator Shape Lesson

Fairy Online School

Fairy Online School 2005 - 2015

College Zine Activity

Pima Community College Digital Art Lessons

Discovery Sheet

Risograph illustrator lesson

U of A Museum of Art

Comfort Cards for Transitions

Befriend Your Feelings

What if bird imagery could help you embrace your strong feelings? Introducing The Aviary in My Head. Check out my process creating this very special project here.

Recent Teaching Posts

Creative Student Project Highlights That Inspire Learning & Creativity

DAR 120 SPRING SEMESTER 2026 (Pima Community College) STUDENT HIGHLIGHTS ZAHRA REYES, FINAL ZINE BASED ON A SONG (Photoshop, Indesign) STEVE BULLIS, ONE PAGE ZINE IN (Learning Indesign layout) ALIX x, FINAL ZINE ILLUSTRATION BASED ON A SONG (Indesign, Illustrator) NATALIA SERRANO, KID'S ACTIVITY BOOK SPREAD (Learning Indesign layouts) ILLIANA TOLEDO, COLLAGE STORY (Learning Photoshop Layers) Nicola Larkin, Self Portrait, (Learning Photoshop Brushes) Cooper Kilborn, Fruit Sal

Ronni Rose Swanson

May 20

Students Take On Matisse Jazz

In my DAR120 classes we created artwork inspired by Matisse's Jazz while learning how to create with flat shapes in Adobe Illustrator. The circus, 1947, Matisse Here's the Design Brief for the assignment. Here's some of the masterpieces. :) Nina Boger Luis Ferre Amberlin Fleming

Ronni Rose Swanson

Feb 2