This is a full, complete lesson pulled from a 14-unit high school art course — not a teaser page or a locked preview. Your student works through the whole thing: a creativity warm-up, a short reading, a video they choose themselves, a 30-minute drawing challenge, and a self-check they grade themselves. About two hours, start to finish.
Who This Is For?
Homeschool families deciding whether a self-paced format will actually work for their student. Independent study. Credit recovery. Co-ops trying a lesson before committing to a full unit. Any parent who wants to see the real thing before spending anything.
✓ Qualifies for many charter school and homeschool funding programs (see FAQ below)
What's Inside
10 pages, instant download
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A checkable step-by-step guide with a time estimate for every task
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A Start Here page: what they'll do, what they'll need, how long it takes
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Three short activities, including a 30-minute studio drawing challenge
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A 10-tip creativity handout
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A 4-question vocabulary check with its own answer key
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A self-assessment rubric your student fills in themselves
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A Stuck? Help Desk with fixes for the two problems students hit most often working alone
What You'll Need
Paper or a sketchbook, a pencil, an eraser, one small object to draw, and internet access to watch one short video. Nothing else.
Rubric & Help Desk Examples
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About Your Teacher
I'm Tami Oakes. I've taught K-12 art for over ten years, I teach live classes as an Outschool Star Educator, and I'm a working artist.
I built this sample lesson so you can see exactly what your student will be doing before you commit to anything — the real pages, not a description of them.
What's Next?
This lesson is a sample of Unit 1 in a complete 14-unit self-paced high school art course — a full fine arts credit your student can work through independently, one unit at a time.