TO DO - Unit 13 - end of September

Right then back to work!!!!

• Read Chapter 19 - Art from 1900 to 1919
• Read Chapter 20 - Between the two world wars
• Watch DVD episode 15 Between Genius and the Abyss
• Watch DVD episode 16 Between Utopia and Crisis
• Write up notes on reading and DVDs
• Write up about the artists of the period
• Annotate - a work by major European artist e.g. Picasso, Matisse, Braque, Brancusi, Kandinsky, Klee or Beckman
• Collect images - 6 unexpected e.g fake by Elmir de Horty, unusual for the artist, little known artist
• Complete Project 13 - ground plan and works of art 

TO DO LIST - Unit 12 - By Monday 12th July

• Read Gombrich relevant chapters
• View DVD 14 - Distanced Creatures
• Read Chapter 17 Impressionism to Post-Impressionism
• Annotate - painting be Seurat, van Gogh or Gaugin
• Collect - works by Cezanne, van Gogh, Gauguin, Seurat plus 2 unusual choices
• Visit - a house - look at how art used as a way of life
• Assignment 2 - Write and illustrate paper on visit to house - approx 1000 words.  Plus project 7 or 10.  2 annotations.  a list of postcards.

TO DO LIST - Unit 11 - By Friday 2nd July

• Read Gombrich relevant chapters
• Watch DVD - Painting the Modern World
• Read - Chapter 15 - Romanticism to Realism
• Annotate - Impressionist painting
• Collect - 2 realist, 4 from different artists and stages of impressionism
• Project - Painting or variety of images commemorating 19c event.  Illustrations with text 500 - 750 words.

To DO LIST - Unit 10 - By Monday 21st June

• Watch DVDs - 11 - The Age of Reason and 12 - The Passionate Eye
• Read Gombrich relevant sections
• Read C14 Enlightenment and Liberty (refer to C15 Romanticism and Realism)
• Annotation - Military or decorative picture
• Collect postcards/images - 2x18C classical buildings, 1x19C building, pictures by Watteau or Fragonard, David or Goya and Ingres or Delacroix
• Project 10 - ground plan and pictures for terraced early 19C house 
• Keep blog updated 
• Retype all the artists in as blinking lost the post by mistake

To do list - by June 11th - Unit 9

• Watch DVD - episode 10 - Masters of Baroque
• Read - rest of Chapter 13 - non Italian sections
• Look at relevant pages in Visual Art book
• Annotation - narrative or allegorical themed painting
• Collect images - 3 major artists, 3 lesser known
• Project 9 - Select catalogue for print subjects
• Keep this blog updated
• Keep arty blog updated

TO DO LIST - Unit 8 - by Friday 28th June

If I can get Unit 8 done by the 28th I think I'll be back on track to get Assignment 2 in by start of July...

• Watch episode 9 - The Birth of Baroque
• Read Chapter 13 - the 17C in Europe
• Back up reading with Gombrich relevant chapters
• Annotation - sculpture by Bernini or painting by Caravaggio or Poussion
• Collect images  3 details fro decorative schemes PLUS 3 paintings
• Project 8 - cardinal renovating Roman Palace
• Have another go at accessing lives of painters e book
• Put the artists onto artist page again as blinking firefox crashed
• Write up some reflections on Assignment 1 - want to make sure learning log is 'right'
• Start a new blog for other arty stuff

TO DO LIST - By May 21st - Unit 7

I've got myself terribly behind so think I will probably need to extend the target date for my next assignment but am going to see if I can catch up a bit over the next few weeks before I make any decisions.
I plan to get Unit 7 completed by the end of this week as I have made a good start but then got waylaid by finishing stuff off that I was selling (woo hoo!!!) and lots of going out as the Norfolk and Norwich festival is on at the moment.

• Type up notes on visit to gallery
• Annotation
• Project 7 - Analysis of a mythical painting
• Update blog with new books
• Update blog with David Hockney book
• Update blog with vids watched
• Update blog with notes on exhibition visits - check if put drawing day at Cathedral in
• Get folder sorted out with projects into the unit sections etc.

TO DO LIST - By April 30th - Unit 6 and Assignment 1

Nearly there - not much to do and I'll be ready to submit Assignment 1.  Unless something goes horribly wrong I'll be able to send it off to meet my original idea of a target date too!  Hoo-blinkin-ray!!!!

• Write up notes on Baxandall book
• Re-read sections of C10 on Van Eyck and Durer
• Watch DVD 6
• Annotation - Arnolfini marriage
• Choose which video to review - watch it again, write notes and then write review
• Check annotations have all necessary details on (as feedback from Susan)
• Get everything ready to send off and put it in the post 
• Start thinking about Assignment 2!!!

TO DO LIST - By April 20th - Unit 5

Not sure if will get this done on time but need to if going to get Assignment 1 done by the end of the month...

• Watch DVD - The Early Renaissance in Italy
• Read Chapter 10 - the 15th C in Italy
• Blog notes from DVD and book
• Read through Baxandale book - 15th C Italy
• Annotation - reproduction of fresco or tempera painting (Giotto)
• Postcards/images - 2 paintings, 2 sculptures, 2 buildings
• Project - build up an annotation to 500 words. 

TO DO - Unit 4 - DO BY 16/04/10

Get this lot done by end of next week to be on track to submit Assignment 5 by end of the month (only 2 weeks left after this deadline!)

• Finish reading Chapter 9 - Medieval Christendom
• Watch DVD - 3 - A White Garment of Churches
• Watch DVD - 4 - The Age of Gothic
• Write up notes on DVD and book Do a sketch to show parts of churches and then put it with notes
• Annotation - sculpture, tomb figure or a manuscript illumination
• Collect postcards/images and update blog with details
• Visit Norwich cathedrals (not sure how Gothic - check it out - Old one - Norman but with lots of Gothic features, new one modern gothic) VISITED SALLE CHURCH INSTEAD
• Project 4 - write up the visit
• Keep blog updated all round
• Start glossarydo more to glossaary!

TO DO LIST - by April 3rd

Last To Do list helped keep me on track - I do love a listy!  Next one needs to be complete by 3rd April but will hopefully get some more stuff done too...

• Paint pieces of wood for relief (Art and Design)
• Glue pieces of wood for relief (Art and Design)
• Read up on next piece of sculpture (3D) and buy materials (Art and Design)
• Visit Surrey House taking photos, sketches and notes
• Write report on Surrey House
• Watch Romans DVD
• Read Romans chapter in text book (prob about 7000 pages!)
• Find and annotate Roman portrait
• Collect Roman images
• Install new printer for printing stuff
• Update blog with notes on Roman DVD and reading
• Find out what to do for drawing of classical figure sculpture and plan where and how
• Keep blog up to date....

Hooray - it is the 3rd April and I have just updated blog with the notes on my sketches of figure sculptures - this to do list is done on time.....now to write the next one!

TO DO LIST - by March 28th

March 2010

I've got myself 5 sheets of paper and written all the projects, visits, anotations, postcards to collect and what is needed for each assignment - there is a huge amount to be done and this doesn't include the DVDs, text book and additional reading!!!  These are all pinned up in my cupboard to act as a reminder and also so I cross stuff off and see the course being completed. 

For the moment I need to break down my to do list weekly so it isn't quite so daunting...  I plan to keep updating this post/these posts regularly and crossing things off as I go. 

TO DO BY 28/03/2010

• Annotation - vase, write down thoughts then find out more about it from books
• Postcards - check if I've any suitable then research where to get them and buy more.  Going to follow advice on OCA forum and print out images from net as well as collecting postcards.  I'll collect where I can but the research into buying them looked like it was going to be difficult and expensive - Commons wiki site has loads of photographed images to use with details on copyright
• Blog - update with lists! and notes on recent exhibition visits
• Learning log - phone OCA to find out if OK to do purely online learning log for assessment - think I've covered this by checking out other peoples and checking in booklets - REMEMBER TO CITE SOURCES OF PHOTOS/IMAGES - AM CONCERNED ABOUT COPYRIGHT
• Additional reading - skim through John Boardman - Greek Art (renew so available for rest of unit)
• Additional reading - read introduction to Art - The Definitive Visual Guide - lots of notes on composition, media etc
• Addtional reading - check Art - DVG - read anything on Greek Art that is included
• Additional reading - revisit Gombrich chapter on Greeks
• EMAILED AWAITING REPLY Talk to Keith - where should I visit?  Was thinking Surrey House but can he recommend somewhere better?