Art and Design (Fine Art)

Course summary

The Fine Art Courses available at SJSF are all focused on painting, drawing, print, and digital media, encompassing many aspects of the modern interpretation of Fine Art. The courses will equip students to make meaningful and high-quality artwork in a variety of media for their portfolio on the Arts pathway or to support further studies in the future. Possible disciplines within fine art: • Painting and drawing • Printmaking • Mixed Media and 3D • Lens-based image making. THERE ARE 2 KEY COMPONENTS OVER THE TWO YEARS IN THE A-LEVEL FINE ART COURSE: 1. Personal Investigation and portfolio work – comprises of practical work and personal study. At the start of the course, there will be a foundation stage that will equip students with fresh approaches and skills within Fine Art, which will build and extend your skills and approaches to Fine Art practice. The foundation stage will lead to more independent response work from internally set or negotiated themes during the courses. The personal Investigation incorporates three major elements: supporting studies, practical work, and a personal study. The first component makes up 60% of the A Level grade. Supporting studies and practical work will comprise a portfolio of development work and outcomes based on themes and ideas developed from personal starting points. The personal study will be evidenced through critical written communication showing contextual research and understanding in a minimum of 1000 words of continuous prose, which may contain integrated images. 2. Externally set Assignment – Externally set theme, which makes up 40% of the A Level grade consists of two elements: preparatory practical and critical work and a final outcome produced in the timed test, which is produced in 15 hours. Students will be given their exam paper in the first months of Year 2 and will complete the exam in supervised timed conditions for them to conclude their ideas with an outcome