Art & Design - Fine Art

Course summary

Art, craft and design encourages creative thinking skills and develops visual literacy. Industry's demands for an increasingly innovative and globally competitive workforce, make learning in this subject ever more relevant to young people. The discipline of drawing is at the foundation of other skills in art. It is used as a tool, by which students can analyse, record and translate the world around them. Critical studies enhance and underpin practical teaching, where students engage with artists, designers and architects of contemporary and historically significant as we as culturally diverse contexts. Analysing wider issues and concepts, developing critical thinking and initiating the processes, methods and media used by artists, inspire students to enhance their own creativity and individual self expression. Art and Design is a broad subject that encompasses so many of the exciting and varied skills. Arts and Design is a broad subject that encompasses so many of the exciting and varied skills associated with employment in the creative industries. Through studying this at A level, students develop their creative thought processes and improve technical skills and art critical knowledge. This ensures students can progress on to a Foundation Studies in Art and Design at university and then on to a related degree course.