Art and Design (Fine Art)

Course summary

The Fine Art course at The Friary is engaging and varied, allowing our students to develop personal, creative, thought provoking artwork. When studying Fine Art at The Friary students benefit from a team of experienced art staff and outstanding facilities. Our students are taught a variety of materials and techniques including painting, drawing, mixed media, sculpture, ceramics, photography and print making in a range of art studios. This course is an excellent progression from the GCSE Art & Design course. Students are able to develop skills in a range of materials through various, independently negotiated themes. Students develop key skills in recording, source analysis and experimenting with a wide range of materials. Early in the course students develop their abilities by engaging with workshop based teaching, developing their skills in a number of Fine Art areas. This varied and pacey start is designed so that our students find their preferred artistic direction. This course then allows students to sustain and develop their own creativity and vision through an independently negotiated theme to complete their “coursework portfolio.” Students utilise their strong and developed skills in their chosen Fine Art practice and experiment within their chosen area of Fine Art. They develop a personal rationale seeing their concept through to a finished piece. Students combine academic study with practice based studio work and are expected to submit a distinct written aspect justifying and contextualising their art.