Art and Design (Fine Art)

Course summary

The A level Fine Art course requires students to express their creative ideas using imagination and feelings to respond to given themes or topics. The A level Fine Art course is a mixture of new and familiar media and techniques. The emphasis is on individual development, with every student working on their own personal outcomes. Although the course is Fine Art-based, there are opportunities to work outside this parameter using photography, print and fibre art. The course provides engaging and innovative creative learning experiences, where art and design practice is meaningfully integrated with theoretical knowledge and understanding. Students have opportunities to develop a broad foundation of critical, practical and theoretical skills, which offer a holistic understanding of a range of practices and contexts in the visual arts, crafts and design fields. This culminates in greater specialism and achievement in the second A level year.