Rebecca
Growing creative, confident global thinkers through art and design.
Artworks showcased in the journal and portfolio were created by students or myself designed to demonstrate art skills and process thinking.
About Me
Art Monsters Academy isn’t a formal academy or a business. It’s a space where I document what I’m working on.
Most of the ideas here begin in my own art practice — something I’m experimenting with, a concept I’m trying to understand better, or a material I want to explore more deeply. I tend to think through making, and I also think through teaching. Turning an idea into a lesson format helps me clarify it. It forces me to break it down, test it, and see how it might unfold for someone else.
So this site became a kind of working archive: part sketchbook, part teaching journal.
You’ll find classroom-style activities, structured lesson ideas, and reflections on different aspects of art-making — from colour and composition to portraiture, abstraction, and process. The range reflects what I’m curious about at any given time.
Art is important to me because of how it shapes thinking. In art, there isn’t always a single right answer. Decisions matter. Interpretation matters. Process matters. Making something requires attention, patience, and a willingness to try things without knowing exactly how they’ll turn out.
In educational settings, that space can be valuable. It gives students room to test ideas, make choices, and see their thinking take physical form. It’s not about producing perfect outcomes; it’s about engaging with the process.
Art Monsters Academy simply gathers those explorations in one place — ideas I’m working through, translated into formats that might also be useful to others.