Art and Design (Fine Art)

Course summary

This course provides students with a thorough grounding in the essential principles of art and design. There is a particular focus on drawing, design, colour and composition. A range of skills and techniques are taught to support each student in developing their ideas, aesthetic understanding and personal visual language. Students work in a wide variety of media including traditional mediums of painting, drawing, collage and sculpture as well as mixed media digital technologies and installation. The main disciplines are as follows: • Painting • Sculpture • Printmaking • Drawing • Digital Technologies and Photography • Installation