<p>A look at how the Japanese block printing technique as demonstrated by Hokusai can be used as inspiration for watercolor painting students and painters. Starting with a close look at Hokusai's approach to art, and a quick study of Japanese block printing including an experiment with block printing using common supplies, the student will study Hokusai's prints and paintings then create a number of watercolors based on Hokusai's work.</p>

<p>Korean Goryeo period (918-1392) celadon  has famously elegant surface decorations. The delicate flowers, birds, and fish are incised with thin perfection into the clay pots and accented by inlaid white and black slip. Then the whole design is softly but beautifully highlighted by the glass like jade-green glaze. Using this six part lesson plan, students will research Goryeo celadon, compare its decorative techniques to other similar etched techniques, experiment with unique watercolor techniques to create similar effects, plan their own art work using a celadon like look, create their masterpiece, and evaluate whether they have achieved the desired goal of reproducing the look of Goryeo celadon decoration in watercolor. Completing this process, they will have created a painting that they could not have imagined before they began the exploration into  Goryeo celadon pottery decoration. In the first addendum students will be introduced to techniques using acrylic paste and pouring mediums which can produce an even more realistic appearance of Goyreo celadon incised and inlaid decoration.</p> <p>Here in part 1. are some examples of green glazed, incised ceramics from Korea's Goryeo period. They are from the Freer Art Gallery's collection. Sort them into three groups according to their type of decoration. Then determine if the type of decoration is related to the time period in which they were created.  Next, take time to explore where this particular decoration style originated and how the Goryeo period potters in Korea perfected the technique. In part 2, compare these pieces to other types of art that are made using  similar etching techniques, such as scrimshaw and leather stamping, Then compare them to watercolor paintings of similar subjects to determine how to reproduce the Goryeo celadon look in watercolor painting. One goal of this learning lab is that students will make connections between different mediums and periods and in that process, discover new ways to use the mediums that they are familiar with. Later, in parts 3 and 4, students will be using the Goryeo celadon designs for inspiration when they practice new techniques and plan their own artwork which they will create in step five of the learning lab. In step 6 the students will evaluate their art works to see if they have achieved their goal of making a painting with the look of Goryeo celadon decoration. Addendum 1.  is not intended to be part of the watercolor lessons because of the time required to do the activities and the considerable mess involved, but it introduces the student to Acrylic mediums that can be used to make pictures that not only look like incised and inlaid Goryeo celadon, but are made with very similar techniques. #AsiaTeachers, #Watercolor, #GoryeoCeladon, #Ceramics, #NewAndCombinedPaintingTechniques. #Etching, #StudentArtProjects, #KoreanHistory, #ScratchedAndImpressedWatercolorPaper. #AcrylicPouringMedium, #AcrylicPasteMedium.</p> <p><span class="type type-image" title="image"></span><a href="https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/goryeo-celedon-etched-and-inlaid-decorative-techniques-translated-into-watercolor-or-acrylic-painting-for-art-room/Jq0gb1RWadJmpJbN#r/418477"></a></p> <p><a href="https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/goryeo-celedon-etched-and-inlaid-decorative-techniques-translated-into-watercolor-or-acrylic-painting-for-art-room/Jq0gb1RWadJmpJbN#r/418477"></a></p> <p><a href="https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/goryeo-celedon-etched-and-inlaid-decorative-techniques-translated-into-watercolor-or-acrylic-painting-for-art-room/Jq0gb1RWadJmpJbN#r/418477"></a></p>