Art and Design (Photography)

Course summary

Studying Art and Design will teach you life skills that will be useful whatever career path you decide to follow. Studying Art and Design will help you: • To identify problems and seek solutions. • To think creatively and communicate your ideas to others. • To understand the world around you. • To work constructively independently and as part of a team. • To have the confidence to express yourself to a range of audiences. What makes a good Art student? • Creativity • Enthusiasm and a desire to learn and improve • The ability to work independently • To enjoy discussing your ideas • Willingness to try out new techniques • To Enjoy painting, drawing, and making • Perseverance and curiosity to learn In each A Level Art project, you complete you will learn to: • Develop your skills through drawing, designing, manipulating, printing, creating, etc. • Analyse and recreate work by other artists. • Explore and develop your ideas, experimenting thoroughly to see what works. • Create an exciting and well-informed outcome. • Tailor your projects to fit your interests. We want you to be as creative and individual as possible and make your projects personal to you. We adapt the course yearly to suit our students and play to their interests and strengths. You will work with a broad range of materials and learn new techniques to help you develop further as an artist, including: • How to use an SLR camera • Darkroom Photography • Alternative Processes • Studio Photography • Photoshop Here is a selection of the destinations of Art Students who studied at Oriel High School • Animation – UCA Farnham • Floristry – Floristry City and Guilds – Chichester College • Creative Events Management – Greenwich University • Media and Cultural Studies – Roehampton • Entertainment Management – Portsmouth • Fashion – Bristol • 3D Design – UCA Farnham • Chartered Surveying – Wilmott Dixon graduate scheme • Costume Design • Photography – Northbrook • Art and Design Foundation – Brighton • Fashion Design Technology Knitwear – London College of Fashion • Fine Art – Southampton University • Industrial Design and Technology Brunel University • Prop making and Special Effects Northbrook • History of Art Warwick • Architecture Manchester • Fashion Design and Marketing London College of Fashion We encourage our students to experience artwork first-hand. Some of the regular trips and visits that we run as a department include shows and exhibitions in London, Brighton, and more.