Art and Design (Fine Art)

Course summary

At A level, students complete a Personal Investigation based on a personal starting point; this includes planning sheets, sketchbooks, a portfolio of work, and final pieces. They also complete a Related Artist Study placing their work within a historical and/or contemporary context. There is a word limit of between 1000 and 3000 words. An Externally Set Task based on a test paper is completed. This includes preliminary work and a final piece. Each year students attend gallery study days. It is strongly recommended that students attend optional evening life drawing classes and art study groups each week.