Extended+Essay+Research

= **Visual Arts Extended Essay: Planning Your Research** =

Describe your research question (as it stands now) and the reasons behind your choice:
//how can different artists with different techniques utilize a more classical technique, like etching, in innovative and unconventional ways?// //I have a lot of background knowledge in the etching technique//.

What research have you undertaken so far?(this should include //relevant// exhibitions, galleries and museums that you have visited at first hand in the last 18 months)
//well I have my grandparents in this field and therefore I have primary sources from which to research. I have also been going to various museums including Madrid where I went to the prado and reina sofia. There I saw works from goya and picasso which with there etchings have shown diversity and innovation.// I don't think that their etching work was //**technically**// innovative - //**artistically**// yes, but that is another matter.

What research are you planning to undertake during the summer? (this should include //relevant// exhibitions, galleries and museums that you plan to visit first hand between now and September)
//I will be interviewing my grand parents and with some luck I could talk to various artists.// too vague - what artworks will you investigate at first hand?

What other //SPECIFIC// research sources will you attempt to investigate between now and September (for example interviews with specific artists, critics, curators and other relevant people)
//I will be researching picasso, goya and maybe someone more contemporary like sam francis and his use of colour or someone like arnaldo pomodoro. I will base my research on some print makers which I will interview, them having worked with picasso will help me understand his process. They will help me understand the technique.// ==From the research that you have carried out so far, what is your loose hypothesis/answer to your research question? Explain how you have arrived at this idea and how this might change (including evidence of an opposing viewpoint)== //I am not sure about this one yet//

thanks Marghie - however, you are still being rather vague. You need much clearer focus at this stage, No more than 3 very carefully chosen artists whose work you have had ready access to - basically as we have already discussed! Remember this is a Visual Arts essay so you must refer to very specific works of Art - biographies and technical information are a smaller part of the essay.

**GM 2012**

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