Letvin Presentation

Samantha LetvinArt Educator

A Visual Collection of Students Creating and

Their Artwork

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Moravia Park Elementary/MiddleBaltimore, MarylandPhotographs from the last five years at my

most recent teaching positionFifth through Eighth Grade

Students learned about both the color wheel and color mixing by creating an edible color wheel using frosting and vanilla wafers.

In honor of Black History Month, students learned about the artist Romare Bearden and his art piece entitled “The Block.” Students then learned about collages and designed their own city block complete with a midground, foreground, and background.

Outdoor Landscape Painting

Students wrote about themselves and then used their silhouette to create a visual story of their life.

An ESL student tells his story in Arabic and translates it to English.

After School Ceramics Club

Moravia Park Art in the Community Every year, a few students had the amazing opportunity to

have his or her artwork shown at the Baltimore Museum of Art

Parkview ElementaryNovi, Michigan

Photographs taken during a year long internship through Michigan State University

Kindergarten through Fourth Grade

Creating Flowers from Handprints - Kindergarten

Van Gogh Sunflowers

First Grade

Students learned about radial design and studied the artist Vincent Van Gogh to create their own rendition of his sunflower masterpiece.

These second grade students learned about organic and geometric shapes - along with warm and cool color schemes - through printmaking.

Coffee Cup Still Lives

Third Grade

Dada Self-Portraits

Fourth Grade

Novi High SchoolNovi, Michigan

Photographs taken during a year long internship through Michigan State University

Ninth through Twelfth GradeClasses Taught: Drawing II and IV,

Ceramics, Metalsmithing

A brief drawing was a typical warm-up for my students at the beginning of class:

A Drawing IV student hones his skills of using value to draw an image of a celebrity.

Soldering is a very important part of metalsmithing. This jewelry student learned about chemical reactions and proper work station safety. She used this knowledge to create a twist wire ring.

Ceramics students learned about the Japanese glaze inlay technique called Mishima and applied it to their own pieces.

Finished Mishima Pieces

Thank You…I appreciate you taking the time to look through this.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me at 248.330.5122 or e-mail me at [email protected]

Have a wonderful rest of your day!

~Samantha Letvin, Art Educator