The Development of Landscape Painting by Charcoal with Watercolor

Abstract

          This creative art research aims to 1) develop landscape painting techniques using charcoal with watercolor, 2) create tonalist landscape paintings using charcoal and watercolor, and 3) provide guidelines for teaching landscape painting using charcoal and watercolor. It is creative art research that presents innovative techniques and methods for teaching and learning. It was found that the techniques for creating landscape paintings using charcoal and watercolor include six methods: watercolor on charcoal, charcoal on watercolor, watercolor on charcoal powder, watercolor on wet charcoal, charcoal powder in watercolor, and a combination. These techniques can produce a total of 7 artworks using all 6 methods. The evaluation of the quality of the teaching approach for landscape painting using charcoal and watercolor by five experts an average score is 4.8, which is considered very good. The teaching approach for landscape painting using charcoal and watercolor incorporates active learning concepts in the form of experiential learning, case study learning, demonstration teaching, practice-focused teaching techniques, think-pair-share, and project-based learning, covering 8 topics in total, amounting to 42 hours.