Art and Design (Fine Art)

Course summary

This course is intended to introduce you to a wide range of art processes and materials, giving you the ability to develop your knowledge and skills allowing you to develop your way of working. Throughout the course, you will be working to develop your recording and research skills whilst being introduced to a wide range of historical, local, and contemporary artists. WHAT WILL I STUDY & LEARN? Within the first year you will be working towards a given theme developing your artistic practices and research skills while being introduced to a wide selection of both historical and contemporary artists whose work relates to the course topic. The emphasis within the second year will be on independent study to enhance or develop your work, students will be supported through this section of the A Level. The externally set assignment is released in February by the exam board and takes the form of an overriding theme and a given set of starting points to assist with development of the exam project, students will be supported with identifying their responses to the theme.