Art and Design (Fine Art)

Course summary

Fine Art at Key Stage 5 allows students greater decisions in the direction of their artwork from agreed starting points. Students can use a wide range of approaches and varied drawing, painting, and photographic approaches to explore and respond to their chosen areas of study. Students build upon their previous experiences and are challenged to research their influences in depth so that contextual influences are understood within the history of art and culture. In Year 13, an extended piece of writing of between 1000 to 3000 words will be produced alongside a practical portfolio. This coursework will amount to 60% of an overall mark and the rest of the marks will come from an externally set starting point project. Alongside their timetabled lessons, students have the freedom to continue their art in a dedicated sixth-form art room and can access resources independently.