Drawings Of: Educational Art about Language and Life by Lillie

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Want to smile AND learn? Enjoy educational cartoon drawings of English lessons for kids, teens, and adults -- plus creative tutorials about art inspiration and life!

All happy art here is hand-drawn by Lillie Marshall: a teacher, artist, writer, and Reiki meditator. You can also shop designs, and request new illustrations. Click to...

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Fun English Lessons in Cartoons!

I’ve been a public school English teacher for almost two decades, and one of my favorite methods for teaching vocabulary, hard words to spell, grammar, commonly confused words, and ELA concepts like literary terms is to illustrate funny situations to explain how these lessons are useful to our actual world, beyond the walls of a classroom or the pages of a textbook. Whether you’re a student, teacher, or any human who would like to expand understanding, dive into these articles and videos to learn!

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For other English language lessons, check out my illustrated types of irony lesson, and useful figurative language examples.

Cute Drawing Ideas

In addition to being an English teacher, I’m also an artist — and this site is full of art tutorials for how to make cute drawings, yourself — many of which include instructional time-lapse videos! For round-ups on specific creative themes, check out my compendium of instructions for easy animal drawings, or this big list of exciting and unusual drawing prompts.

Seasonal Art

Looking for timely lessons, tutorials, activities, and illustrations for festive decorations? Here are lots of creative resources for artistic fun for this season’s holidays. Just make sure not to use the misspelling “weither” to describe the weather!

Want lessons applicable to life? See my round-up of life ideas, illustrated!

Free Coloring Printables

Want free printable sheets to download and color in (for kids and adults)? See my hand-drawn cute coloring pages! They make for an easy, delightful art activity for relaxation. Feel free to reach out if there’s a specific new theme you’d like me to illustrate, beyond the cartoons here.

Lessons About Colors

I’m in love with colors, and have written MANY lessons about their different aspects — compiled here. Of special note is my giant and ever-growing color mixing chart, in which I swirl together ever possible pigment to see what happens. These lessons also explore color meanings, as they pertain to energy, auras, and meditation.

Artistic Symbols

Ever notice that everyday symbols can be beautiful? Check out these explorations of the Pi Symbol, and others!

Energy Colors

In addition to being an English teacher, I run a Reiki energy work practice. That, paired with my mindfulness work, has led me to some fascinating chakra colors visualizations that I’ve drawn and written about here about seeing colors during meditation. It’s been amazing to hear from so many readers who experience similar phenomena — particularly the wonderful purple aura meaning! I also love how art and drawing pair with energy work in the beautiful Reiki Principles.

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