Art and Design (Fine Art)

Course summary

‘Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.’ Edgar Degas Art and Design is the right subject for you if you enjoy: - Thinking independently and developing, refining, and communicating your ideas - Analysing your own work and the work of others to inform your ideas - Experimenting and taking risks in order to solve problems - Producing personal, creative, outcomes. Unit 1 - Personal Investigation (Coursework) - This Unit incorporates two elements, practical work and a written personal study. Practical investigation and application form the basis of the development of the student’s portfolio. After an initial introductory period, where students complete a series of skilled-based workshops, students will pursue their own creative and visual ideas. Unit 2 - Externally Set Assignment (ESA) - The unit comprises two major elements: preparatory work and a 15-hour timed piece. The preparatory studies will incorporate a portfolio of practical developmental work and annotation. Students work through ideas, processes, experiments, and explorations for the timed test with guidance from the teaching staff, demonstrating knowledge and understanding of the skills, processes, media, and materials learned during Unit 1. Students usually receive the title for the ESA in February of the second year and produce their final piece of work for the assignment in May, during a 15-hour period of sustained study (the exam).