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Why Study Art?
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Studying Art sharpens your awareness of every aspect of life around you. Art is as intellectual a subject as anything else, which uses visual forms of communication as well as the written word. Through Art you will be exposed to cultural, moral, spiritual, social and historical issues, developing your perception and understanding and providing you with experiences which will contribute positively towards almost any future career.
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Will I enjoy it?
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If you love Art you will find it fantastically rewarding! It is almost entirely self-directed in that you are constantly evaluating what you’ve done and making decisions as to where you should go next. It therefore offers limitless scope for your imagination and creativity, leading towards highly personal results. You have the freedom to choose whichever medium you feel is most appropriate. You will enjoy various trips to galleries and will learn an unbelievable amount about other artists, and will feel in touch with what goes on in the art world today.
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Course Content
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AS: There will be one unit of coursework, which will embrace a broad range of work in different media, loosely linked by a universal theme (eg ‘Concealed and Revealed’)
A2: As with AS there will be one unit of coursework, personal to you in terms of the theme you choose and your choice of media. This will offer a greater opportunity for written content as well as your own artwork.
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Assessment
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AS - The year’s coursework is 60% of the total mark. At the end of the course there is an externally set assignment (eight hours), for which there are six school weeks for preparation time. This body of work forms the remaining 40%.
A2 - The year’s coursework is 60% of the total mark. At the end of the course there is an externally set assignment (twelve hours), for which there are six school weeks for preparation time. This body of work forms the remaining 40%.
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Tell me more…
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You will rapidly improve your technical skills in all areas with so much extra lesson time, which will increase your confidence and enable you to move forward with your own interpretations more easily.
• You will find you become really personally involved in your art, which is exclusive to you.
• You will find the conceptual nature of your work fantastically stimulating as well as challenging!
• You will be working from life models when appropriate.
• You will have your own work space early in the course and are welcome to use the Arts Centre whenever you want for experimenting and exploring ideas and techniques, researching other artists, etc.
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Examination Board: Edexcel
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