Art and Design (3d Studies)

Course summary

The 3D Design A Level course encourages students to build on the skills gained from the GCSE Design and Technology course. Students are encouraged to work independently and creatively; you will need to be self-motivated and contribute to additional autonomous hours of study outside of your timetabled lessons. The first year of the A Level course centres around the students understanding of drawing and developing practical skills. These can be used later in the course for sampling during the creative portfolio. Techniques are taught through guided and focused workshops. You are expected to use these workshops to inspire ideas and make creative decisions, in order to make progress within your creative journey in your sketchbook work. Within the second year of the course students will have the opportunity to branch off from their initial theme and take their project in their own direction. You will use your own inspirations to focus your outcomes in a personal route. This A Level course is set up and designed to prepare students for future study in a creative discipline. This will be completed through a dedicated portfolio in your sketchbook and via practical samples. Sessions build knowledge and skills so that you can reflect critically upon your work produced and be selective about outcomes you wish to use as part of your final portfolio. These portfolios may be used in university interviews, as part of the selection process or as exemplar work during job interviews.