The course is structured to support and develop your confidence and individual strengths, from illustrative and traditional studio-based skills through to more graphics and digitally based practice, allowing for a broad and creative approach to design. The start of the course involves a series of workshops covering traditional skills such as experimental drawing through to digital skills using software such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. These workshops allow you to develop and bank a broad range of varied skills to draw upon as the course progresses and you begin your individual responses to a brief. Independent work is fundamental to the course; at least 50% of all work assessed should have happened outside the classroom, so be prepared to immerse yourself in this creatively varied subject. You will be encouraged to reflect, analyse, and critically evaluate your own work and that of other artists past and present and openly discuss in lessons.
A minimum of five GCSEs at Grade 4 or above to include English Language or Literature and/or Maths at Grade 5. Preferably GCSE Art Grade 4 or above and a keen interest in drawing and developing your creativity.
Component 1: Personal Investigation - Internally Assessed 60% of A Level - The Personal Investigation consists of a major in-depth, practical, critical and theoretical investigative project/theme-based portfolio. Learners will be required to carry out an extended critical and contextual analysis (1000-word minimum requirement). Component 2: Externally Set Assignment - Internally Assessed 40% of A Level - Learners will be required to independently develop a personal response to one of a varied range of stimuli. Learners will develop their response during a preparatory study period culminating in a 15-hour sustained focus study. Homework is set weekly. Initially it is set by lecturers and will be tightly specified and closely linked to class workshops; it will be monitored regularly. As the course develops you will be required to set your own homework/independent work based on agreed learning needs. Your ongoing work will be assessed in lessons through focused 1:1 discussion. Sketchbook work will be assessed regularly for reflective, thoughtful, analytical critical evaluation and annotation. Emphasis is upon the development towards a final piece, through observation and technical, aesthetic and conceptual refinement. You will also be assessed against how your research of art, craft, design, media and technologies in contemporary and past societies and cultures improves your own understanding and practice. Discussions and presentations are a vital part of our assessment process and you will be expected to contribute to these during your lessons.
About Education Provider
| Region | South West |
| Local Authority | Cornwall |
| Ofsted Rating | Outstanding |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | College Road, Truro, TR1 3XX |
The course is structured to support and develop your confidence and individual strengths, from illustrative and traditional studio-based skills through to more graphics and digitally based practice, allowing for a broad and creative approach to design. The start of the course involves a series of workshops covering traditional skills such as experimental drawing through to digital skills using software such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. These workshops allow you to develop and bank a broad range of varied skills to draw upon as the course progresses and you begin your individual responses to a brief. Independent work is fundamental to the course; at least 50% of all work assessed should have happened outside the classroom, so be prepared to immerse yourself in this creatively varied subject. You will be encouraged to reflect, analyse, and critically evaluate your own work and that of other artists past and present and openly discuss in lessons.
A minimum of five GCSEs at Grade 4 or above to include English Language or Literature and/or Maths at Grade 5. Preferably GCSE Art Grade 4 or above and a keen interest in drawing and developing your creativity.
Component 1: Personal Investigation - Internally Assessed 60% of A Level - The Personal Investigation consists of a major in-depth, practical, critical and theoretical investigative project/theme-based portfolio. Learners will be required to carry out an extended critical and contextual analysis (1000-word minimum requirement). Component 2: Externally Set Assignment - Internally Assessed 40% of A Level - Learners will be required to independently develop a personal response to one of a varied range of stimuli. Learners will develop their response during a preparatory study period culminating in a 15-hour sustained focus study. Homework is set weekly. Initially it is set by lecturers and will be tightly specified and closely linked to class workshops; it will be monitored regularly. As the course develops you will be required to set your own homework/independent work based on agreed learning needs. Your ongoing work will be assessed in lessons through focused 1:1 discussion. Sketchbook work will be assessed regularly for reflective, thoughtful, analytical critical evaluation and annotation. Emphasis is upon the development towards a final piece, through observation and technical, aesthetic and conceptual refinement. You will also be assessed against how your research of art, craft, design, media and technologies in contemporary and past societies and cultures improves your own understanding and practice. Discussions and presentations are a vital part of our assessment process and you will be expected to contribute to these during your lessons.