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RACL Activity Class – AC Drawing Watercolor 2018-2019

Teacher: Liu, Katie [email protected] 919-917-3667 WeChat ID: l_katie22

Hi, my name is Katie Liu and I’m a senior at Raleigh Charter High School as well as a RACL alumna! I’ve

been pursuing art for as long as I remember and even took art classes at RACL myself back when I was a

student. Recently, I completed the NC Governor’s School 2018 for visual arts at Meredith College under

Professor Susan Fecho. For my own artwork, I work primarily 2D where I like creating mixed media

pieces combining dry and wet mediums. I also like exploring the use of found objects and structures for

the basis of my 3D works. Watercolor has always been one of my favorite mediums to work with

because of its ease in depicting fluidity and depth. This will be my third year teaching art at RACL and I

am extremely happy to be able to teach another class of excited, young artists.

Teacher and Students Art Work


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Required Textbooks/Extra Resources

Set of watercolor brushes (optional)

Recommendation: AMAZON: “ Heartybay 10 Pieces Round Pointed Tip Nylon Hair Brush Set,

Blue”

Plastic reusable paint palette (also optional but would save on paper plates :))

Class Goal and Students Evaluations

This class is constructed to teach students how to master the skills and techniques of watercolor.

Throughout the year, students will learn a plethora of methods through which to create holistic art

products and about various artists who have impacted the development of the medium. The goal of this

class is to give beginning students a strong foundation in watercolor for which they can later progress

and improve on as well as to challenge experienced students in improving their technique. Each student

will produce a painting every week.

此课程将主要教学生们如何掌握水彩画的技巧。在整个学期之内，学生们不仅将学到很多水彩画

的方法，而且还会了解到不同水彩画家的风格。此课程的目的是为了让初学者打好扎实的水彩画

基础，而且让有经验的学生继续提高他们对水彩画的技巧。每个星期，学生们会画一幅画。

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* indicates 1st/last activity class, Yellow means no activity class on that week.

Week Date Activity Class Weekly Syllabus Fall 2018

1 8/25/2018

RACL starts, No

Activity class

No Class 9/1/2018 School closed

2 9/8/2018

*1st activity

class for Fall

2018

There will be a substitute teacher this week because I will be

out taking the ACT. He/she will be doing a simple watercolor

scene.

3 9/15/2018

We will learn about brush types and water usage through

another painting.

4 9/22/2018

We will learn about the main brush techniques in watercolor:

We will integrate these brush techniques in a couple of

exercises in painting various objects.

5 9/29/2018

The main focus of this week will be the beginning of a study on

painting still life. Like previous weeks, students will replicate a

painting I have already pre-created as an example. This week

the painting will be of a still life--most likely fruit.

6 10/6/2018

There will be a substitute teacher this week because I will be

out taking the SAT. He/she will be doing a simple watercolor

scene.

7 10/13/2018

As a continuation of the study of painting still life, students this

week will be painting still life from real-life objects. Fruit will be

brought to class and students will learn to observe the

lights/shadows to paint the fruit.

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8 10/20/2018

Introduction to watercolor resist--using crayons to block out

areas impenetrable by the paint.

9 10/27/2018

This is the weekend before Halloween so some

Halloween-themed painting will be created.

10 11/3/2018


painting landscapes. Like previous weeks, students will replicate

a painting I have already pre-created as an example.

11 11/10/2018

Another landscape painting will be created this week as further

practice.

12 11/17/2018


painting animals and inanimate objects (boats, cars, houses,

etc). Like previous weeks, students will replicate a painting I

have already pre-created as an example. An emphasis will be

placed on seeing shapes (circles, squares, triangles) as the base

for animals and objects.

11/24/2018 School closed

13 12/1/2018

Another painting of either an animal or inanimate object will be

created this week as further practice.

14 12/8/2018

*last day for

Fall 2018

Activity class

Student choice: I will ask students the previous weekend about

what they would like to paint for the last class and we will do

whatever is voted on as well as possibly have a mini-celebration

for the end of semester.

15 12/15/2018

Last School

Day

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