AS/A Level Fine Art

A Level Fine Art

Why choose Fine Art?
Fine Art is about
Making
Looking at
Thinking about
Feeling about
Knowing about
Responding to


Resources and Facilities
We believe in a broad approach to creativity and expect you to be inventive. Look at the work of previous students to see what use they made of our facilities.


Teaching and Learning Styles
We offer projects from a bank of themes and we provide you with the means whereby you can respond individually, develop observational and recording skills, manipulate materials, and relate to the work of others. All these skills will allow your personal art language to develop.

Extra-Curricular Activities

Students are required to participate in museum/gallery visits and any site visits related to practical work.


Assessment
Two units are taken at AS level - a coursework research project and a five-hour test under exam conditions


Progression Opportunities
Many students go on to study a Foundation course in Art and Design and then a degree in a related field. Some go directly on to an Art or Architecture degree.

Equipment and Materials

We expect students to be particular about their materials. The basics are of course available but we have found that the most successful students have their own kit that they work with in College and at home. This cuts down on frustrating searches for such things as masking tape or a very big/small paint brush. The College has a shop that sells art materials on a non-profit making basis.