Art and Design

Course summary

A-Level Art and Design aims to increase a student’s experience of working with a broad range of media. Through this it will enable a student to develop intellectual, imaginative, creative and intuitive capabilities. A student will be encouraged to increase their investigative, analytical, experimental, practical, technical and expressive skills, as well as their aesthetic understanding and critical judgement. The assessment objectives that a student will study are: AO1: To develop ideas through sustained and focussed investigations informed by contextual and other sources, demonstrating analytical and critical understanding. AO2: To explore and select appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques and processes, reviewing and refining work as it develops. AO3: To record observations and insights that are relevant to a student’s intentions, reflecting critically on work and progress. AO4: To present a personal and meaningful response thatrealises intentions and, where appropriate, makes connections between visual and other elements. A student can adopt a specialism within this qualification from: textile design; graphic communication; photography; 3D design; fine art or can be entered for the broader based Art and Design element. A student will choose their own themes and contexts for their work but all project work will address the four assessment objectives.