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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