Art and Design (Fine Art)

Course summary

The AS course is assessed on the externally set task 100%, which is 10 hours. The externally set task will be released on 1 January and will provide a number of themes to select from. The A2 course is a two year course, which is an overall A Level qualification. The externally set task will be released on the 2nd February. The main purpose of the course is to develop your ability in creating meaning by an expressive or inventive artistic response to the visual world, a personal context or social issue. The course will also develop your skills in the use and control of formal elements, techniques and technologies and the application to the selected media. You will develop your understanding of how ideas, feelings and meanings connect to images and artefacts at a personal level and how they are also socially constructed over time through genres, styles and traditions. You will need to demonstrate an understanding of context in your work.