Art and Design (Fine Art)

Course summary

The course is structured to build on and improve the skills you have already gained at GCSE. By completing research and visiting galleries, we aim to develop your understanding of aesthetic qualities and an awareness of the importance of art and design in our own culture and others. We hope to foster your ability to articulate ideas, feelings and opinions about personal work and that of others to assist with your own self-expression. By developing your powers of visual perception and the exploration of elements in the visual world, we will enable you to manipulate these with a growing ability. Firstly, we aim to impart a genuine enjoyment of the subject and a growing sense of selfconfidence and self-esteem.