Art and Design (Graphics)

Course summary

The course is structured to support and develop your confidence and individual strengths, from illustrative and traditional studio-based skills through to more graphics and digitally based practice, allowing for a broad and creative approach to design. The start of the course involves a series of workshops covering traditional skills such as experimental drawing through to digital skills using software such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. These workshops allow you to develop and bank a broad range of varied skills to draw upon as the course progresses and you begin your individual responses to a brief. Independent work is fundamental to the course; at least 50% of all work assessed should have happened outside the classroom, so be prepared to immerse yourself in this creatively varied subject. You will be encouraged to reflect, analyse, and critically evaluate your own work and that of other artists past and present and openly discuss in lessons.